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specifical

specifical adjective: synonym of specific.

Adjective

specifical (comparative more specifical, superlative most specifical)

  1. Synonym of specific.
    • it is referred to a hidden propriety , a specifical virtue , and a fourth quality1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...
    • it is not therefore so much the understanding that constitutes, among animals, the specifical distinction of man, as his quality of a free agent.1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 36
    Synonyms:
    specific

Synonyms of specifical

Forms of specifical

comparativemore specifical
superlativemost specifical

Origin of specifical

From Middle English specificalle, from Latin specificus + -al.

Words formed from specifical

Questions about specifical

What does specifical mean?
Specifical means synonym of specific.
What part of speech is specifical?
Specifical is an adjective.

Words near specifical in the dictionary

  1. specific rotations
  2. specific thrust
  3. specific thrusts
  4. specific volume
  5. specific volumes
  6. specifical
  7. specificalities
  8. specificality
  9. specifically
  10. specificalness
  11. specificate

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