Especial

//ɛsˈpɛʃəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exceptional in importance or significance; special.

    "Pay especial attention to chapter five."

  2. 2
    Particular.

    "acting with no especial goal"

Adjective
  1. 1
    surpassing what is common or usual or expected wordnet

Synonyms

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exceptionalabsolutecertaincharacteristicconcretedefined

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"And indeed, not only upon that day but during the remainder of their lives, did Daphnis and Chloe lead a pastoral life, gathering together large herds and flocks, paying especial worship to the Nymphs, to Pan, and to the God of Love, and finding no food more delicious than the fruits of autumn, and the milk of their flocks."

Etymology

From Middle English especial, via Old French especial, from Latin specialis, from species (“appearance, form, beauty”), from specere (“to look”). Doublet of special. Related to species.

Related phrases

in especial

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