: specially 1
2 a : in particular : particularly <food seems cheaper, especially meats>
b : for a particular purpose <built especially for research>
3 —used as an intensive <an especially good essay> <nothing especially radical in the remarks>
Examples
all employees, but especially the administrative assistants, will need to learn to use the new phone system
that university is especially strong in the sciences
he especially minded the proposed changes to the work schedule

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