Talk:especial

Usage note

Traditionally, especial (= distinctive, significant, peculiar) is the opposite of ordinary and special (= specific, particular) of general . Increasingly, though, special for all senses. Especial is so rarely used in AmE today that some might term it obsolescent. But it does occasionally appear, most often when modifying a noun whose corresponding adjective would naturally take the adverb especially. --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:10, 15 August 2021 (UTC)