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Word: specially
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From: gcide - The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Specially \Spe"cial*ly\, adv.
   1. In a special manner; particularly; especially. --Chaucer.
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   2. For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature
      is specially summoned.
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From: wn - WordNet (r) 2.0
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specially
     adv 1: in a special manner; "a specially arranged dinner" [syn: {especially}]
     2: to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he
        was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly
        gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances";
        "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the
        danger" [syn: {particularly}, {peculiarly}, {especially}]