About The Word “Especially”

Everything you wanted to know about the word “especially”, including spelling, parts of speech, “especially” meaning and origins, anagrams, rhyming words, encodings, crossword clues and much more!

How to spell “especially”

Especially is spelled e-s-p-e-c-i-a-l-l-y and has 10 letters.


How to pronounce “especially”

IPA pronunciation: /ɪˈspɛʃəli/

Phonetic pronunciation: ih-SPEH-shuh-lee


How many vowels and consonants in “especially”

The word “especially” has 6 consonants and 4 vowels.


How many syllables in “especially”?

There are 3 syllables in the word “especially”.


What type of word is “especially”?

The word "especially" can be a adverb.

Meaning of the word “especially”

'Especially' is an adverb used to emphasize that something is more important, applies more strongly, or is more relevant in a particular situation or to a particular person. It can also convey the idea that something is done or exists to a greater extent or degree in comparison to others.

Origin of the word “especially”

The word 'especially' originated from the late Middle English word 'especial', which was derived from the Old French term 'especial' and further traced back to the Latin word 'specialis', meaning 'particular' or 'specific'.

Example sentences with the word “especially”

Adverb:
  1. Especially in the winter months, it's important to wear warm clothing to protect against the cold.
  2. The new restaurant offers a wide variety of dishes, especially for vegetarians.
  3. I love spending time outdoors, especially when the weather is nice.
  4. The students were all excited for the field trip, especially since it was to their favorite museum.

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Synonyms for “especially”

Other words for “especially” include particularly, notably, specifically, chiefly, predominantly, primarily, mainly, mostly, in particular.

Word families for “especially”

Especial

Common misspellings of “especially”

Ispecially, especialy

Similar words to “especially”

Especial, special, speciality, specially, specialty, specifically

Scrambled words derived from “especially”

Apyeeclils, sclleiaype, cllpayseie, iplelcayse, lespecialy, eallipecys, lelpyiasce, lyiaclpese, lilaysecpe, ayelpeclis, ieylpeclsa, elepsiycla, ylipeelasc, apsleeilyc, yelapcelsi, lypesaelic, apillyeces, iallyspcee, pilaeesycl, spaileyecl, sllacpeeyi, leleacpisy, piyllsaeec, slceyelaip, acylslieep

Words that rhyme with “especially”

Essentially, potentially, confessionally, residentially, dimensionally

Crossword clues for “especially”

Extraordinarily peculiar, lacking start (9).

Fun facts about the word “especially”

The word “especially” has a Scrabble score of 17 and reads yllaicepse in reverse.


Phonetic spelling of “especially”

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“especially” spelled in Morse code

. ... .--. . -.-. .. .- .-.. .-.. -.-- (dot dot dot dot dot dash dash dot dot dash dot dash dot dot dot dot dash dot dash dot dot dot dash dot dot dash dot dash dash).

Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. It was developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail for their new invention, the telegraph, which required a simple way to transmit text messages across long distances.

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ASCII spelling of “especially”

Lowercase word: 101 115 112 101 99 105 97 108 108 121

Uppercase word: 69 83 80 69 67 73 65 76 76 89

ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard used by computers and electronic devices to understand and represent text.

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Binary spelling of “especially”

Lowercase word: 1100101 1110011 1110000 1100101 1100011 1101001 1100001 1101100 1101100 1111001

Uppercase word: 1000101 1010011 1010000 1000101 1000011 1001001 1000001 1001100 1001100 1011001

Binary encoding is a system that computers and digital devices use to represent and process information. It's based on binary numbers, which are composed only of zeros and ones, known as bits.

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Hexadecimal value of “especially”

Lowercase hexadecimal word: 0x65 0x73 0x70 0x65 0x63 0x69 0x61 0x6C 0x6C 0x79

Uppercase hexadecimal word: 0x45 0x53 0x50 0x45 0x43 0x49 0x41 0x4C 0x4C 0x59

Hexadecimal is a number system commonly used in computing as a human-friendly way of representing binary data. Unlike the decimal system, which is base 10 and uses digits from 0 to 9, the hexadecimal system is base 16, using digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F to represent the values 10 to 15.

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Decimal spelling of “especially”

Lowercase: 101 115 112 101 99 105 97 108 108 121

Upprcase: 69 83 80 69 67 73 65 76 76 89

The decimal system, also known as base-10, is the numerical system most commonly used by people in everyday life. It's called "base-10" because it uses ten digits: 0 through 9. Each position in a decimal number represents a power of 10.

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Octal value of “especially”

Lowercase: 145 163 160 145 143 151 141 154 154 171

Upprcase: 105 123 120 105 103 111 101 114 114 131

Octal is a base-8 number system used in digital computing. Unlike the decimal system which uses ten digits (0-9), and the binary system which uses two (0 and 1), the octal system uses eight digits: 0 through 7. Each position in an octal number represents a power of 8.

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