Definitions for officially
of·fi·cial·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officiallyadverb

   In an official manner

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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 GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce officially?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say officially in sign language?

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. Dabo Guan:

   All the emission estimates officially come from the NDRC rather than from the statistics bureau, the NDRC is in charge of the whole climate change negotiations and they have to fight for the best position for China, so they have their concerns about what can and cannot be published.

2. John Dean:

   In many ways the Mueller report is to President Trump what the so-called Watergate road map, officially titled the grand jury report... was to President Richard Nixon, stated a little differently, Robert Mueller has provided Judiciary Committee with a road map.

3. Troy Collings:

   We've had it confirmed officially that the border is now open.

4. Gretchen Whitmer:

   Because if Roe is officially overturned by Supreme Court — which may happen any day now — abortion could become illegal in Michigan in nearly any circumstance, including in cases of rape and incest, because of a 1931 law on the books banning abortion in Michigan.

5. Igor Patrick:

   There’s still some interest from the Brazilian part to raise the issue and to discuss ideas, and they hope to release a joint statement where they mention the Ukrainian conflict, calls for a peaceful solution and mediated diplomatically, but it’s not officially on the program and to a large extent that was expectable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=officially
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Officially
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=officially