Meanings
prepositional phrase
- archaicin particular; especially.
Therefore he lovede gold in special.
Therefore he loved gold in particular.
a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, line 444 - obsoletein detail.
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in special. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20special
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“in special.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20special. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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