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# especial

«especial» in Mova's school dictionary: **Special or particular; more than usual, and meant for one…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no forms; the adverb is especially)

### meaning for a pupil

Special or particular; more than usual, and meant for one person or thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/especial/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a person or thing given special care or favour

### examples

- The dog was of especial value to the hunter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/especial/#x1)
- I have a especial liking for this tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/especial/#x2)
- She took especial care with the old book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/especial/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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