Flashcard 12 - Word Usage Flashcard Set for the English Basics

especially

When using especially, it must be used to indicate something is more or better than something else or than the usual (“The cold glass of water was especially refreshing on the hot summer day.”). In this sentence, the intention is to suggest that the dress was made for a certain purpose, this special occasion, so the correct word to use is specially so that the sentence reads, “Alice had a dress made specially for the occasion.”