not especially

idiom

informal

—used to say that one is not very interested in doing something

"Would you like to go to a movie?" "No, not especially."

Examples of not especially in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fact that Beryl’s flooding was not especially remarkable highlights how incessant the problem is, said Ben Hirsch, a co-director at West Street Recovery, a disaster recovery and environmental justice organization that works across five Zip codes in northeast Houston. —Scott Dance, Washington Post, 11 July 2024

That’s not especially surprising, for a couple of reasons. —David Pierce, The Verge, 3 July 2024

Purple Noon is not especially willing (or able — it was released in 1960) to explore Ripley’s possible homosexuality. —Mark Harris, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024

Neurologists agree, however, that Biden’s episodic memory errors are within the range of normal healthy aging and that the details of one’s personal life are not especially relevant to a president’s job. —Leo Gugerty, The Conversation, 10 June 2024