speciality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an asset of special worth or utility
    strong suit; strength; strong point; specialty; long suit; forte; metier.
    • cooking is his forte
  2. noun a distinguishing trait
    peculiarity; distinctiveness; specialty; specialness.
  3. noun the special line of work you have adopted as your career
    specialism; specialisation; specialization; specialty.
    • his specialization is gastroenterology

WordNet

Spe`ci*al"i*ty noun
Etymology
See Special, and Specialty.
Wordforms
plural Specialities
Definitions
  1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. Sir M. Hale.
  2. (Law) See Specialty, 3.
  3. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
    On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker.
    Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. Ld. Lytton.
    We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man, - For that'a his speciality. Mrs. Browning.
    Think of this, sir, . . . remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the specialities -- if I may use that strong remark -- of prejudice. Dickens.
  4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

Webster 1913