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officially, adv.|əˈfɪʃəlɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In an official manner or capacity; by virtue, or in consequence, of one's office; with official authority, sanction, or formality; by or in presence of an official; for official purposes; in official or public statements, reports, etc. (but not in actuality).
1790Burke Fr. Rev. 241 No excess is good; and therefore too great a proportion of landed property may be held officially for life. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) Pref. 58 Buonaparte is officially announced to have quitted Malmaison for Rochefort. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. vi, He winked..at two of the company, who were known officially as the ‘bassoon’ and the ‘key-bugle’. 1868Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xviii, Some gentle-hearted functionary..who I suppose was officially present at the Inquest. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 8 The fiery darts of the officially orthodox. 1938E. Ambler Cause for Alarm x. 163 The price per machine will..be higher... Officially, this fact will be accounted for by the modifications. Actually, those modifications are purely nominal. 1964L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin vii. 51 ‘Does anyone have phones going across..Berlin?’ ‘Officially one. It connects the Russian Command..with the Allied Command.’.. ‘Unofficially?’ ‘There have to be lines.’ 1976‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair i. 30 Officially, I had been renting my apartment for three months before I even saw it. |