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Especially and Specially

Especially and specially can often be used with the same meaning.

• The concert wasn’t especially/specially good.

Especially means ‘above all’.

• I read a lot, especially biographies.
• The children are very noisy, especially when we have visitors.

Especially is used after a subject.

• All my family loves films. My father, especially, watches as many films as he can. (NOT … Especially my father watches …)

Specially means ‘for a special purpose’.

• These clothes were specially made for me.

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