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Grammar : Noun
Spell : spesh-uhl-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛʃ əl ti



Definition of specialty

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Middle French especialte, variant of specialite, from Latin specialitatem (nominative specialitas) "peculiarity," from specialis (see special). Speciality is attested from early 15c.; French form spécialité (especially in reference to restaurant dishes) is recorded from 1839.
  • noun distinctive feature; concentration
Example sentences :
  • She has made a specialty of Angoras, and her collection is famous.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • I speak as a connoisseur, for faces are a specialty of mine.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • This house makes a specialty of seed-corn and we believe that they will do what they say they will.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various
  • As Cornish men we should adopt the specialty of our province, and become miners.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various
  • Specialty after specialty would be unveiled and teams would work on them.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • "I like your manner of speaking of my specialty, Cousin Julia," she remarked.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
  • Your specialty is frightening women and pounding boys who offend you.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
  • Hernia was Chauliac's specialty, and in it his surgical judgment is admirable.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • Surgeons have always been prone to glory in their specialty.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • In his own specialty he was one of the most eminent masters who has ever appeared.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews

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