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Ways of being specific

specific

adjective

involving or relating to only one particular thing or type of thing

particular

adjective

used for emphasizing that you are talking about one specific person or thing and not anyone or anything else

specifically

adverb

for one particular thing or type of thing

exactly

adverb

used for emphasizing that you are referring to a particular thing and no other

given

adjective

used for referring to a particular thing

per se

adverb

considered by itself: used for emphasizing that you are not considering something in relation to anything else

(all) by itself

used for showing that one particular thing is the only thing involved

on that/this score

used for referring to something that has just been mentioned

for someone’s part

used for emphasizing who you are referring to in a statement about something

specifically

adverb

used for describing something in a more exact way

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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