especial
Exceptional in importance or significanceExceptional in importance or significance; special.
» It was an ordinary year, no especial disappointments. Just the run of the mill goings-on of a dual-income household.
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2 sensesExceptional in importance or significance; special.
Pay especial attention to chapter five.
an especial hatred of cats
Particular.
acting with no especial goal
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
Examples
1 sentencesIt was an ordinary year, no especial disappointments. Just the run of the mill goings-on of a dual-income household.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English especial, via Old French especial, from Latin specialis, from speciesFrom 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.
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Forms
more especial, most especial| Comparative | more especial Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most especial Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- surpassing what is common or usual or expected:exceptionalparticularspecial
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.