SPECIALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does specially mean? 

• SPECIALLY (adverb)
  The adverb SPECIALLY has 2 senses:

1. in a special manner

2. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

  Familiarity information: SPECIALLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a special manner

Synonyms:

especially; specially

Context example:

a specially arranged dinner

Pertainym:

special (for a special service or occasion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

Synonyms:

especially; particularly; peculiarly; specially

Context example:

an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger

Pertainym:

special (surpassing what is common or usual or expected)

 Context examples 

"Why you'd have to hire a man 'specially to take care of 'm."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A specially designed surgical tool was built for the task of inserting the patch of cells between the RPE and the photoreceptors.

(Researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

The Martian surface is extremely quiet, allowing SEIS, InSight's specially designed seismometer, to pick up faint rumbles.

(NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars, NASA)

A specially trained physician with expertise in the application of bronchoscopic techniques for diagnostic and treatment purposes.

(Bronchoscopist, NCI Thesaurus)

A communication process between a specially trained health professional and a person concerned about the genetic risk of disease.

(Genetic Counseling, NCI Dictionary)

These services use specially trained people and specially equipped facilities.

(Emergency Medical Services, NIH)

Spitzer observed 55 Cancri e between June 15 and July 15, 2013, using a camera specially designed for viewing infrared light, which is invisible to human eyes.

(Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere, NASA)

Dr. Freedman then carried out specially designed face-to-face rejection experiments to account for the fact that people don't like to admit negative feelings, such as the pain of rejection.

(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The crew were a set of ruffians, specially picked for the job.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lord John Roxton was right when he thought that some specially toxic quality might lie in the bite of the horrible creatures which had attacked us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)