Synonyms:
especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), special
Meaning: surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?"
Usage examples
To this young man Remsen took an especial liking.
The proximate cause was one of especial singularity.
I select for especial admiration this modulatory passage:
Walter continued to act as the countess's especial squire.
There was no reason that Abraham Lincoln should take especial notice of these resolutions, more than another.
His big thoughts stand like huge oaks; his ideas of no especial value are merely like the grass around the tree.
"Are such specters frequent in the woods, Heyward, or is this sight an especial entertainment ordered on our behalf?
"Neither do I," answered the guardian of the law, with a shrug of his shoulders, as if it was none of his especial business,
The servants--with the exception of my own especial maid, Maria Tait--know nothing of the man's presence in the turret chamber.
Machinery is applicable with especial advantage to industries that change the form of materials easily transported and widely used.