specifically

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /spəˈsəf.ə.kli/ UK /spɪˈsɪf.ɪ.kli/ See IPA manual

Freq #4424

Meanings

1

adv
In a clear and exact way, naming one particular thing.

The rules specifically forbid eating in the library.
2

adv
For one particular purpose or reason.

This program was created specifically for teenagers.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a clear and exact way,... explicitly expressly

More especially namely particularly peculiarly specially

Opposites

generally

Word family

Derived forms aspecificallybiospecificallyextraspecificallygender-specificallyheterospecificallymonospecificallynonspecificallypolyspecificallysubspecificallytransspecificallyunspecifically

Related forms individually uniquely

Etymology

From specific + -ally.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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