| 释义 |
especially, adv.|ɛˈspɛʃəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In an especial manner; principally, chiefly. Also in phr. † in especially (see also inespecially). In later use also with adjs.: In an especial degree.
a1400Chester Pl. (1843) i. 105 Sybbell, I praye thee especiallye, etc. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. v. iii, Evander..dyd well abounde In many vertues, especially in lernyng. 1557North tr. Guevara's Diall. Pr. 92 a/1 The women, & in especially greate ladies, know not, etc. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 685 And then the Priest prayed in generall for all estates and degrees, and for increase of grace, and in especially if neede required. 1640in Hamilton Papers (Camden Soc.) App. 259 Hereof he was espetially advertised by the Hammiltons. 1677Johnson in Ray's Corr. (1847) 127 Great shoals of salmon..often take in at the mouths of our rivers, especially if the north bar be open. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 30 It sometimes cures an Ague especially in Children. 1834Newman Par. Serm. (1837) I. iv. 61 Unless they are especially watchful. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man 9 Around the borders of the bogs..lie trunks of trees, especially of the Scotch fir. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 130 Two points in his criticism are especially deserving of notice. |