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Meanings of specially in English

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especialmente

To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common.

        especialmente
        Usage of specially in English
        1
        The measures include using specially hired workers to keep public services operating.
        The Irish Times
        2
        In India, specially in June, they are not particular about the dress.
        Indian Ghost Stories / Second Edition
        3
        Of course, only specially trained troops are ever allowed into the Nightside.
        The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
        4
        The particular points in which this specially intimate knowledge is required are:
        The Crisis of the Naval War
        5
        One more mele of the number specially used in the hula Pele:
        Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
        6
        In the recent autumn statement arts in London were specially excused cuts.
        The Guardian
        7
        He had come in specially to talk to me on a Sunday.
        The Lunatic Cafe
        8
        The guardian in question is a Porto Industries 8812-B specially enhanced mechanimal.
        Logos Run
        9
        But chiefly this prize poultry: pullets, cocks, specially fattened pullets and capons.
        The Irish Times
        10
        Meanwhile, the specially held Waitangi Tribunal hearing is continuing in Lower Hutt.
        Radio NZ
        11
        The books in English to which attention may be specially called are:
        The Fighting Governor : A Chronicle of Frontenac
        12
        They approached the table specially devoted to the use of the wire.
        The Mysterious Island
        13
        The subject takes the drug then goes to a specially fitted room.
        Radio NZ
        14
        The Chinese seem specially inscrutable; no one seems really to understand them.
        The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
        15
        The following Dutch parable is in some respects specially applicable to Carlyle:-
        Halleck's New English Literature
        16
        Radiation-fusion hybrids offer a specially powerful long-range mapping system for human chromosomes.
        Pubmed
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