Especial Meaning
/ɛsˈpɛʃəl/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjExceptional in importance or significance; special.
adjParticular.
Sentence Examples
She has especial skills in painting.
The especial guest arrived late tonight.
She took especial care when packing the fragile glass ornaments.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
This award from the president is of ____ importance to the young scientist.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The chef took ____ care to ensure that the wedding cake was perfect.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[...] this is of especial value in foggy weather."
— 1941 July, “The Why and the Wherefore: Inner and Outer Distant Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
"Starting from this base list, a number of databases were systematically searched for terms, with especial effort taken to discover the earliest attestation possible[.]"
— 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5:
"Only one modern picture was admitted, and that was a likeness of Constance, painted under her father's especial instructions."
— 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 270:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
This award from the president is of ____ importance to the young scientist.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The chef took ____ care to ensure that the wedding cake was perfect.