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• /ɪˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/
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• /ɛsˈpɛʃ.(ə.)li/
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• nonstandard, proscribed: /ɪkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/
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• nonstandard, proscribed: /ɛkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 S P EH1 SH AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English especial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English especially From especial + -ly.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sidomos — particularly
• Arabic: خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan) — particularly
• Arabic: خَاصَّةً (ḵāṣṣatan) — particularly
• Arabic: وَلَا سِيَّمَا (walā siyyamā) — particularly
• Armenian: հատկապես (hatkapes) — particularly
• Azerbaijani: xüsusən — particularly
• Azerbaijani: xüsusilə — particularly
• Azerbaijani: ələlxüsus — particularly
• Azerbaijani: özəlliklə — particularly
• Bashkir: айырыуса (ayırıwsa) — particularly
• Bashkir: бигерәк тә (bigerək tə) — particularly
• Belarusian: асаблі́ва (asablíva) — particularly
• Bulgarian: осо́бено (osóbeno) — particularly
• Catalan: sobretot — particularly
• Catalan: especialment — particularly
• Chinese Mandarin: 特別 /特别 (tèbié) — particularly
• Chinese Mandarin: 尤其 (yóuqí) — particularly
• Czech: obzvlášť — particularly
• Danish: særligt — particularly
• Danish: specielt — particularly
• Danish: især — particularly
• Dutch: vooral — particularly
• Dutch: in het bijzonder — particularly
• Esperanto: precipe — particularly
• Estonian: eriliselt — particularly
• Estonian: eriti — particularly
• Finnish: erityisesti — particularly
• Finnish: varsinkin — particularly
• Finnish: etenkin — particularly
• French: spécialement — particularly
• French: particulièrement — particularly
• French: surtout — particularly
• French: en particulier — particularly
• French: espécialement — particularly
• Galician: especialmente — particularly
• German: besonders — particularly
• German: extra — particularly
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þishun) — particularly
• Greek: ειδικά (eidiká) — particularly
• Ancient Greek: ἄλλως τε καί (állōs te kaí) — particularly
• Hindi: ख़ास तौर पर (xās taur par) — particularly
• Hungarian: különösen — particularly
• Hungarian: főleg — particularly
• Hungarian: főként — particularly
• Hungarian: főképp — particularly
• Icelandic: sérstaklega — particularly
• Indonesian: lebih-lebih — particularly
• Ingrian: erittee — particularly
• Irish: go háirithe — particularly
• Irish: go mór mór — particularly
• Italian: specialmente — particularly
• Italian: soprattutto — particularly
• Italian: specie — particularly
• Japanese: とりわけ (toriwake) — particularly
• Japanese: 特に (toku ni) — particularly
• Japanese: なかんずく (nakanzuku) — particularly
• Kashmiri: خاص کٔرِتھ (khās kạrith) — particularly
• Korean: 특히 (teukhi) — particularly
• Korean: 특별히 (teukbyeolhi) — particularly
• Central Kurdish: بەتایبەتی (betaybetî) — particularly
• Northern Kurdish: bi taybetî — particularly
• Latin: maxime — particularly
• Latin: apprime — particularly
• Latin: praesertim — particularly
• Latin: cumprīmē — particularly
• Luxembourgish: besonnesch — particularly
• Māori: inarā — particularly
• Norman: supareillement — particularly
• Norwegian Bokmål: særlig — particularly
• Norwegian Bokmål: i særdeleshet — particularly
• Norwegian Bokmål: spesielt — particularly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spesielt — particularly
• Occitan: mai que mai — particularly
• Occitan: subretot — particularly
• Old English: swīþost — particularly
• Persian: مخصوصاً (maxsusan) — particularly
• Persian: بالاخص (bel-axas) — particularly
• Persian: به خصوص (be xosus) — particularly
• Persian: خصوصا (xosusan) — particularly
• Persian: به ویژه (be viže) — particularly
• Persian: علیالخصوص (alal-xosus) — particularly
• Polish: szczególnie — particularly
• Polish: zwłaszcza — particularly
• Polish: w szczególności — particularly
• Portuguese: especialmente — particularly
• Portuguese: sobretudo — particularly
• Romanian: mai ales — particularly
• Russian: осо́бенно (osóbenno) — particularly
• Scots: maistly — particularly
• Serbo-Croatian: posebice — particularly
• Serbo-Croatian: osobito — particularly
• Serbo-Croatian: naročito — particularly
• Slovene: posébej — particularly
• Spanish: especialmente — particularly
• Spanish: sobre todo — particularly
• Spanish: máxime — particularly
• Spanish: más — particularly
• Swedish: särskilt — particularly
• Swedish: speciellt — particularly
• Tamil: குறிப்பாக (kuṟippāka) — particularly
• Telugu: ప్రత్యేకించి (pratyēkiñci) — particularly
• Turkish: özellikle — particularly
• Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo) — particularly
• Urdu: خاص طور پر (xās taur par) — particularly
• Vietnamese: nhất là — particularly
• Vietnamese: đặc biệt là — particularly
• Welsh: yn enwedig — particularly
• Zazaki: xısusen — particularly
• Belarusian: асаблі́ва (asablíva) — in a special manner
• Catalan: especialment — in a special manner
• Dutch: speciaal — in a special manner
• Finnish: erityisesti — in a special manner
• French: spécialement — in a special manner
• German: speziell — in a special manner
• German: außergewöhnlich — in a special manner
• German: originell — in a special manner
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉 (ussindō) — in a special manner
• Icelandic: sérstaklega — in a special manner
• Irish: go speisealta — in a special manner
• Italian: appositamente — in a special manner
• Central Kurdish: بەشێوەیەکی تایبەتی (beşêweyekî taybetî) — in a special manner
• Norwegian: spesielt — in a special manner
• Polish: szczególnie — in a special manner
• Portuguese: especialmente — in a special manner
• Romanian: în special — in a special manner
• Romanian: în mod special — in a special manner
• Russian: осо́бенно (osóbenno) — in a special manner
• Spanish: especialmente — in a special manner
• Spanish: máxime — in a special manner
• Tamil: சிறப்பாக (ciṟappāka) — in a special manner
• Telugu: మరీ ముఖ్యంగా (marī mukhyaṅgā) — in a special manner
• Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo) — in a special manner
• Welsh: yn enwedig — in a special manner
• Zazaki: bağseta — in a special manner