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English
Etymology
From Middle English specialli, specially, equivalent to special + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛʃəli/
- Hyphenation: spe‧cial‧ly
Adverb
specially (not comparable)
- For a special purpose, person, or occasion.
We had this cake made specially for your birthday.
The train is waiting specially for a high-ranking diplomat.
The school is specially for any child whose schooling was disrupted by illness.
- (proscribed) extremely
She's specially good at running.
- (proscribed) in particular
I love all animals, specially cute furry ones.
Usage notes
- Senses 2 and 3 are non-standard; in such cases, especially is far more common, and considered correct.
Synonyms
Translations
for a special purpose
- Bulgarian: специално (bg) (specialno), нарочно (bg) (naročno)
- Catalan: especialment (ca)
- Chinese: 特意 (zh) (tèyì), 特地 (zh) (tèdì)
- Esperanto: speciale (eo), spefice
- Finnish: erityisesti (fi)
- French: particulièrement (fr), spécialement (fr)
- Galician: especialmente (gl)
- German: speziell (de)
- Hungarian: külön (hu), kimondottan (hu), kifejezetten (hu), direkt (hu)
- Japanese: わざわざ (ja) (wazawaza)
- Korean: 일부러 (ko) (ilbureo)
- Kunigami: わじゃーわじゃー (wajāwajā)
- Miyako: わざわざ (wazawaza) (Hirara dialect), うったーてぃー (uttātī) (Ikema Nishihara dialect) わじゃわじゃ (/ʋadʑaʋadʑa/) (Tarama dialect)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: わざわざ (wazawaza)
- Okinawan: うったーてぃ (uttāti), わちゃこーげーじ (wachakōgēji), わざわざ (wazawaza)
- Okinoerabu: わざわざ (wazawaza)
- Portuguese: especialmente (pt)
- Russian: специа́льно (ru) (speciálʹno),
- Spanish: especialmente (es), específicamente (es)
- Tokunoshima: わざわざ (wazawaza)
- Ukrainian: спеціа́льно (uk) (speciálʹno)
- Yaeyama: わざわざ (wazawaza), うたーでぃ (utādi), たまさか (tamasaka), たまたま (tamatama), うざとぅ (uzatu)
- Yonaguni: ばだばだ (badabada)
- Yoron: あしくら (ashikura), あしくらたでぃ (ashikura tadi), わじゃわじゃ (wajawaja)
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See also
Middle English
Adverb
specially
- Alternative form of specialli