especially

English

Alternative forms

esp., esp (abbreviation)
esp, espc (internet slang)

Etymology

especial +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/, /əˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/, /ɛsˈpɛʃ.(ə.)li/
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(nonstandard, proscribed) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/

Adverb

especially (comparative more especially, superlative most especially)

(manner) In a special manner; specially.
He got up early especially.
- 1944 July and August, Railway Magazine, page 233, photo caption:
  L.N.E.R. class "Y6" 3 ft. 1 in. 0-4-0 steam tram locomotive No. 7133
  This locomotive, constructed at the Stratford works of the former Great Eastern Railway in 1897, was one of six which were built between 1883 and 1897 especially to work the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
  There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
(focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
  Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
  There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.

Synonyms

(special manner):
(particularly): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically
(emphasis): first and foremost; see also Thesaurus:above all

Related terms

especial
special
specialist
specialty
'specially

Translations

particularly

Albanian: sidomos (sq)
Arabic: خُصُوصًا‎ (ḵuṣūṣan), خَاصَّةً‎ (ḵāṣṣatan), وَلَا سِيَّمَا‎ (walā siyyamā)
Armenian: հատկապես (hy) (hatkapes)
Azerbaijani: xüsusən (az), xüsusilə (az), ələlxüsus (az), özəlliklə
Bashkir: айырыуса (ayırıwsa), бигерәк тә (bigeräk tä)
Belarusian: асаблі́ва (asablíva)
Bulgarian: осо́бено (bg) (osóbeno)
Catalan: sobretot (ca), especialment (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 特別／特别 (zh) (tèbié), 尤其 (zh)
Czech: obzvlášť
Danish: særligt, specielt, især
Dutch: vooral (nl), in het bijzonder
Esperanto: precipe (eo)
Estonian: eriliselt, eriti (et)
Finnish: erityisesti (fi), varsinkin (fi), etenkin (fi)
French: spécialement (fr), particulièrement (fr), surtout (fr), en particulier (fr)
Galician: especialmente (gl)
German: besonders (de), extra (de)
Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þishun)
Greek: ειδικά (el) (eidiká)
Ancient: ἄλλως τε καί (állōs te kaí)
Hindi: ख़ास तौर पर (xās taur par)
Hungarian: különösen (hu), főleg (hu), főként (hu), főképp
Indonesian: lebih-lebih (id)
Irish: go háirithe
Italian: specialmente (it), soprattutto (it), specie (it)
Japanese: とりわけ (ja) (toriwake), 特に (ja) (toku ni), なかんずく (ja) (nakanzuku)
Korean: 특히 (ko) (teukhi), 특별히 (ko) (teukbyeolhi)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەتایبەتی‎ (betaybetî)
Northern Kurdish: taybetî (ku)
Latin: maxime (la), apprime, praesertim (la)
Luxembourgish: besonnesch
Maori: inarā
Norman: supareillement (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: særlig (no), i særdeleshet, spesielt (no)
Nynorsk: spesielt
Occitan: mai que mai, subretot (oc)
Old English: swīþost
Persian: مخصوصاً‎ (fa) (maxsusan)
Polish: szczególnie (pl), zwłaszcza (pl), w szczególności (pl)
Portuguese: especialmente (pt), sobretudo (pt)
Romanian: mai ales
Russian: осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno)
Scots: maistly
Serbo-Croatian: posebice (sh), osobito (sh), naročito (sh)
Slovene: posébej
Spanish: especialmente (es), sobre todo, máxime, más (es)
Swedish: särskilt (sv), speciellt (sv)
Telugu: ప్రత్యేకించి (pratyēkiñci)
Turkish: özellikle (tr)
Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo)
Urdu: خاص طور پر‎ (xās taur par)
Vietnamese: nhất là (vi), đặc biệt là

in a special manner

Belarusian: асаблі́ва (asablíva)
Catalan: especialment (ca)
Finnish: erityisesti (fi)
French: spécialement (fr)
German: speziell (de), außergewöhnlich (de), originell (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉 (ussindō)
Italian: appositamente (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەشێوەیەکی تایبەتی‎ (beşêweyekî taybetî)
Norwegian: spesielt (no)
Polish: szczególnie (pl)
Portuguese: especialmente (pt)
Romanian: în special, în mod special
Russian: осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno)
Spanish: especialmente (es), máxime
Telugu: మరీ ముఖ్యంగా (marī mukhyaṅgā)
Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo)

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Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} specialmente
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} najmä
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} đặc biệt là