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especially

adverb

1 especially

To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common:
— An especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger.

synonyms: particularly, peculiarly, specially.

Roget 33: beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par; upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height.    [in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, ... show more

Roget 79: specially, especially, particularly etc. adj.; in particular, in propria persona [Lat.]; ad hominem [Lat.]; for my part.    each, apiece, one by one, one at a time; severally, ... show more

2 especially

In a special manner.

synonym: specially.


Moby thesaurus: a fortiori, above all, all the more, chiefly, concretely, conspicuously, definitely, distinctively, distinctly, dominantly, eminently, even, ever so, exactly, exceptionally, expressly, extraordinarily, first, first of all, firstly ... show more.

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