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Meanings of specially fond in English

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Usage of specially fond in English
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But women are not as a rule specially fond of such compliments.
December Love
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Dr. Johnson was specially fond of veal pie with plums and sugar.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
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Since that evening I have been specially fond of donkeys.
The Idiot
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I am not specially fond of uniformity, and here there is nothing but sameness.
The Northern Light
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One of them he seems to be specially fond of-hecalls him Harry Herndon.
A Little Union Scout
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We walked that afternoon along the Bradford Valley, a road which Derrick was specially fond of.
Derrick Vaughan, Novelist
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John was specially fond of his children; her talk concerning children should be both wise and kind.
Fated to Be Free: A Novel
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His heroes are specially fond of birds.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
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The Romans, among the other barbarous amusements which were practiced in the city, were specially fond of combats.
Cleopatra
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He isn't specially fond of anybody.
Greatheart
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Oysters are such slippery old things, even on the half shell, returned Arline, who was not specially fond of them.
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
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Professor Sheridan Delapine says: "He was specially fond of quoting Sydenham's words: 'Tota ars medici est in observationibus.'"
The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894. / An Illu...
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They seem to be specially fond of gnawing any tool or object that has been touched or used by human hands.
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers
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She thought he must be a little bit of a tyrant to his mother, and any one he was specially fond of.
Winding Paths
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He had a good deal of literary knowledge, was specially fond of Emerson, and knew him very thoroughly, both prose and verse.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
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He was a quiet, thoughtful boy, specially fond of reading, but, from lack of books, reading was almost out of his reach.
Principal Cairns
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