especial
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7.5
- adjective
- /ɪˈspɛʃəl/
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especial
- This tune is an especial favorite of Mr. Joseph Young.
- especial interest
Just have more time and it really make it special or especial baby, which sounds like a disease, but it's special in Spanish.
- Just have more time and it really make it special or especial baby, which sounds like a disease, but it's special in Spanish.
Examples
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In this regard, the role of age, often one's exact numerical age, is of especial prominence in modern Western social orders.
Academic text (1991) -
Horowitz's words have especial resonance for the discipline of art history, especially for the customary conception of artistic modernism.
Academic text (2007) -
Each of his victims had an especial beauty.
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Gentlemen, it is my especial pleasure to introduce a woman who clearly needs no introduction.
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Both have shown an especial and welcome interest in this crucial discussion.
Academic text (2003) -
Differences in leadership styles appear to be an especial problem for Malaysia-Indonesia relations.
Academic text (1995) -
Pregnancy is an important event in a woman's life, likely to be recalled with especial clarity.
Academic text (1996) -
Their Dover Sole is an especial favorite with the clientele.
Blog text (13) -
Hugo hated Groh with especial venom, which would have pleased his mother and brother no end.
Fiction book (1991) -
Each of his victims had an especial beauty that captivated everyone.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
More important or different from what is usual
∞
3.8
More important than usual
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3.8
Very unusual or much greater than usual
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4.1
Being much better than normal or usual
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Especial comes from an old Latin word specialis meaning 'particular' and is the same root as the familiar English word special. So especial means something more than usual or more important, a 'particular' case that stands out.