Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SPE-CIF'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In such a manner as to constitute a species; according to the nature of the species. A body is specifically lighter than another, when it has less weight in the same bulk than the other. Human reason … differs specifically from the fantastic reason of brutes. – Grew. … Those several virtues that are specifically requisite to a due performance of duty. – South.