Especially
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Especially adverb – In the specific case of one person or thing as distinguished from others. Strictly speaking and especially are semantically related In some cases you can use "Strictly speaking" instead an adverb "Especially".
Nearby Word: especial
Synonyms for Especially
Strictly speaking
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Strictly speaking adverb – In actual fact. Especially and strictly speaking are semantically related in namely topic. You can use "Especially" instead an adverb phrase "Strictly speaking", if it concerns topics such as that is to say.
Synonyms for Strictly speaking
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While not strictly speaking sea dogs, many of the Sky Pirates in The Edge Chronicles have beards of this nature, especially Tem Barkwater.
Source: Seadog Beard -
Abusive Parents: Not parents, strictly speaking, but many guardians are thoroughly unsuitable, especially Olaf.
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While strictly speaking a Mayfly-December Romance, the feeling of this trope is impossible to avoid in The Sharing Knife books by Lois McMaster Bujold, especially when 18-year-old Fawn Bluefield takes 55-year-old Dag Redwing home to her 53-year old father... and insists on marrying him.
Source: MayDecember Romance
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Strictly speaking and Especially. (2016). Retrieved 2021, November 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/especially/strictly_speaking
Especially & Strictly speaking. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Nov. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/especially/strictly_speaking>.
Strictly speaking or Especially. 2016. Accessed November 27, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/especially/strictly_speaking.
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