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Definition of "speciality" [spe•ci•al•i•ty]

  • A distinguishing mark or feature. (noun)
  • Special points of consideration; particulars. (noun)
  • Chiefly British A specialty. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "speciality" in a sentence
  • "An academic whose research speciality is deep-sea fish, Mathilde, has a hobby of following people round the city."
  • "Anonymous said ... our speciality is in helping to inform consumers of tangled web that is auto insurance quotes information."
  • "I do rent a car twice or thrice a year when we need to visit various cemetaries, but outside these times I can manage shopping either just carrying stuff or getting home delivery; our speciality is going to a nearby Conan home centre and buying two or three trolleys full of kitchen and bathroom items, which we can get delivered to our door for just 800 yen."