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Definitions for officially
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. officiallyadverb

    in an official role

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

  2. formally, officiallyadverb

    with official authorization

    "the club will be formally recognized"

Wiktionary

  1. officiallyadverb

    In an official manner

ChatGPT

  1. officially

    Officially refers to something that is done in a formal, public, or authoritative manner, often with the approval, sanction, or recognition of a person in authority, a governing body, or an organization. It often relates to actions, statements, or decisions that are given by a person or institution in a position of official or recognized authority.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. officially

    By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested; as, accounts or reports officially verified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.

Editors Contribution

  1. officiallyadverb

    With an official manner.

    Officially we are all guaranteed peace on earth.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'officially' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4843

  2. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'officially' in Adverbs Frequency: #308

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of officially in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of officially in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of officially in a Sentence

  1. Yacoob Gewargis:

    The American delay in officially declaring what has happened to the Christians officially as genocide, or mass extermination and systematic persecution has caused a huge disappointment among the Christians, they have waited a long time for the international community, especially America, to declare this so that they can be supported and protected in their own country.

  2. Guadalupe Retana:

    What we feared has begun to happen. I am officially unemployed, today, various people began leaving La Mora.

  3. Anthony Fauci:

    But people need to understand that the amount of data right now that shows a high degree of effectiveness and a high degree of safety is more than we've ever seen with emergency use authorization. So these vaccines are as good as officially approved, with all the I's dotted and the Ts crossed. It hasn't been done yet because the FDA has to do certain things, but it's as good as done.

  4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Though Apartheid policies were officially rescinded in South Africa, the Apartheid mentality and various other forms of racial discrimination still thrive in the world.

  5. Sana Jamal:

    The animals have been suffering, whenever we have visited, there was no food and water in most of the enclosures. That's the main reason we wanted to pressurize the ministry to officially take over.

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