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# specially

«specially» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **for one particular purpose or person: a cake specially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Specially means for one particular purpose or person: a cake specially made for your birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#m1)

2) Specially means in a special or unusual way, done with extra care. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#m2)

3) Specially is also used in everyday talk to mean «especially», particularly (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories «specially» shows that extra effort was made for someone: specially made, specially designed, specially for you. In school writing teachers often prefer «especially» for «particularly». Phrases: specially for, specially made, specially trained.

### examples

- I made this card specially for you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x1)
- The bus is specially built for wheelchairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x2)
- The dogs are specially trained to find people after earthquakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x3)
- Gran cooked a specially big dinner for us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x4)
- These shoes are specially designed for running. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x5)
- I like all fruit, specially strawberries (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x6)
- The room was specially decorated for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x7)
- He was the presiding deity of plantations and forests, and specially protected the boundaries of fields. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/#x8)

### note

«Specially» = for a special purpose (specially made). «Especially» = particularly, above all (I love sport, especially football). In speech they are often mixed up; in careful writing keep them apart. Spelled with double «l».

### In the corpora

- [Elephants may jump at small sudden things, but the story that they are specially afraid of mice is a myth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/15/)
- [Anteaters get a specially made mushy mix that copies an ant diet, because a zoo cannot collect enough wild ants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «specially» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/specially/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.