Quality and Special

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Quality adjective - Of the very best kind.

Usage example: an antiques dealer who handles nothing but quality pieces

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Special and quality are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Quality".

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

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Quality and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quality" instead an adjective "Special".

Ulfberht's swords were famous for their quality and special steel used in making them (possibly imported Damascus steel); they bore the inscription saying the name of the smith.

Source: Shoddy Knockoff Product
Note that the special effects industry uses a similar term, "turd polishing", in reference to ensuring the high quality appearance of something that is intended to look ugly.

Source: Polish The Turd
In George Carlin's special Doin' It Again, he refers to this trope, claiming that "We do think in language, so the quality of our thoughts and ideas can only be as good as the quality of our language."

Source: Language Equals Thought

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