EGAVE

especially

About 141.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In a special manner; specially.
    He got up early especially.
  2. adverb Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
  3. adverb Exeptionally.
    The buildings are not especially large.
  4. adverb Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
    Invite them all, especially Molly.

Similar words

particularly specially peculiarly namely precisely special exactly explicitly specific chiefly

Often followed by

in the when if for those to as of with

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