different between especially vs singularly

English

Alternative forms

• esp., esp

Etymology

especial +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sp??(?)li/, /??sp??(?)li/, /??sp??(?)li/
• (nonstandard, proscribed) IPA^(key): /?k?sp??(?)li/

Adverb

especially (comparative more especially, superlative most especially)

1. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
2. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.

   • Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

Synonyms

• (special manner):
• (particularly): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically
• (emphasis): first and foremost; see also Thesaurus:above all

Related terms

• especial
• special
• specialist
• specialty
• 'specially

Translations

See also

• esp

English

Etymology

From singular +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s???j?l?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s???j?l?li/
• Hyphenation: sin?gu?lar?ly

Adverb

singularly (comparative more singularly, superlative most singularly)

1. Strangely; oddly.

   He behaved most singularly when we met him last night.

2. Extremely; remarkably.
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X

     I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years.
3. In the singular number; in terms of a single thing.

References

• singularly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.