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Definitions for specifically
specif·i·cal·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
specifically(adverb)
in distinction from others
"a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"
Wiktionary
specifically(Adverb)
in a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly
specifically(Adverb)
for a specific purpose or reason
Webster Dictionary
Specifically(adverb)
in a specific manner
Editors Contribution
specifically
For a specific purpose.
The clothing was specifically easy to wash.
Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'specifically' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2786
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'specifically' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2459
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'specifically' in Adverbs Frequency: #215
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of specifically in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of specifically in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of specifically in a Sentence
The threat of terrorist activity has risen sharply in connection with the beginning of a mass bombing campaign in Syria, moreover, it has increased specifically in Moscow.
Most of the recommendations regarding management of postmenopausal women apply to women less than 60 years old, so we specifically wanted to determine the prevalence of symptoms in women aged 60 to 65 years.
Now, cloth masks are not recommended to try to prevent you from getting disease, that's been shown to not work -- that's why we don't wear cloth masks in the hospital, i think the CDC and the federal government will end up coming out with a recommendation for people to wear masks, specifically to prevent droplet spread. I think that's coming.
Andrew Carnegie specifically is a nod to the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, andrew Carnegie funded many paleontological expeditions( many for sauropods in Utah), and Andrew Carnegie even has a species of Diplodocus named in Andrew Carnegie honor : Diplodocus carnegii. So naming our specimen Andrew Carnegie was a nod to Andrew Carnegie, and a nod to our calling Andrew Carnegie a Diplodocus.
This is really where I take to task the people from ‘Sex and the City,’ specifically Sarah Jessica Parker, is that I think she could’ve been nicer, i really think she could have been nicer.
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- específicamentCatalan, Valencian
- specife, specifikeEsperanto
- específicamenteSpanish
- nimenomaisesti, erityisestiFinnish
- spécifiquementFrench
- a dh’aon ghnothachScottish Gaelic
- especificamenteGalician
- specificamenteItalian
- speċifikamentMaltese
- especificamentePortuguese
- в частностиRussian
- конкретноUkrainian
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