Definitions for officially

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

of•fi•cialəˈfɪʃ əl(n.)

  1. a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.

  2. (adj.)of or pertaining to an office or position of duty, trust, or authority:

    official powers.

  3. appointed, authorized, or approved by a government or organization.

  4. holding office.

  5. public and formal; ceremonial.

Origin of official:

1300–50; ME < LL officiālis of duty = L offici(um)office+-ālis -al1

of•fi′cial•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. officially(adverb)

    in an official role

    "officially, he is in charge"; "officially responsible"

  2. formally, officially(adverb)

    with official authorization

    "the club will be formally recognized"

Wiktionary

  1. officially(Adverb)

    In an official manner


Translations for officially

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

officially(adverb)

(negative unofficially ) as an official

He attended the ceremony officially.

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