especial

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ɛsˈpɛʃəl/

adj

Etymology: 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.

Exceptional in importance or significance; special.
“Pay especial attention to chapter five.”
“an especial hatred of cats”
Particular.
“acting with no especial goal”
“Only one modern picture was admitted, and that was a likeness of Constance, painted under her father's especial instructions.”