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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

specially

adverb

1: in a special manner; "a specially arranged dinner" [syn: {especially}]

2: to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger" [syn: {particularly}, {peculiarly}, {especially}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Specially \Spe"cial*ly\, adverb

1. In a special manner; particularly; especially. --Chaucer.

2. For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned.
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