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   Es·pe·cial

   /əˈspeSH(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. better or greater than usual; special: "these traditions are of especial interest to feminists" Similar exceptionalparticularspecialextra specialextraordinaryoutstandingsuperiorunusualmarkedsingularsignalout of the ordinaryuncommonrareunwontednotablenoteworthysurprisingremarkablestrikinguniqueOpposite standard
   • ▪ for or belonging chiefly to one person or thing: "her outburst was for my especial benefit" Similar distinctiveindividualspecialparticulardistinctpeculiarpersonalownuniquesingularexclusivespecificprivateOpposite commongeneral

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin specialis ‘special’, from species (see species).

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