especiallyadv.
/ᵻˈspɛʃl̩i/, /ᵻˈspɛʃəli/, /ɛˈspɛʃl̩i/, /ɛˈspɛʃəli/, U.S. /əsˈpɛʃəli/, /ɛsˈpɛʃəli/ In an especial manner; principally, chiefly. Also in †in especially (see also inespecially adv.). In later use also with adjectives: In an especial degree.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb]
hurec893
sunderlyeOE
highlyOE
namelya1200
sunderlepesa1200
sunderlepea1225
specialc1230
specially1340
specially1340
serelya1375
principallyc1390
especially?a1400
rathestc1400
singularlyc1430
selfly1503
singular1530
enspecial1534
inespecially1557
nearly1560
peculiarly1561
inespecial1569
especial1591
speciouslya1616
nominately1641
chief1645
perpendicularly1658
?a1400 Chester Pl. (1843) i. 105 Sybbell, I praye thee especiallye, etc.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure v. iii Evander..dyd well abounde In many vertues, especially in lernyng.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 92/1 The women, & in especially greate ladies, know not, etc.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 685 And then the Priest prayed in generall for all estates and degrees, and for increase of grace, and in especially if neede required.
1640 in Hamilton Papers (1880) App. 259 Hereof he was espetially advertised by the Hammiltons.
1677 Johnson in Ray's Corr. (1847) 127 Great shoals of salmon..often take in at the mouths of our rivers, especially if the north bar be open.
1755 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 5) 27 It..sometimes cures an Ague: Especially in Children.
1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. iv. 61 Unless they are especially watchful.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 9 Around the borders of the bogs..lie trunks of trees, especially of the Scotch fir.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 130 Two points in his criticism are especially deserving of notice.
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