OFFICIALLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an official role

Example:

officially responsible

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

unofficially (not in an official capacity)

Pertainym:

official (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline)

Sense 2

Meaning:

With official authorization

Example:

the club will be formally recognized

Synonyms:

formally; officially

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

official (having official authority or sanction)

Credits

Context examples:

The Spider, officially named IC 417, lies near a much smaller object called NGC 1931.

(A Space Spider Watches Over Young Stars, NASA)

The Martian dust storm has grown in size and is now officially a "planet-encircling" (or "global") dust event.

(Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze, NASA)

An officially chartered institution empowered to receive deposits, make loans, and provide checking and savings account services, all at a profit.

(Bank, NCI Thesaurus)

The process by which information about the health status of an individual is obtained after a study has officially closed; an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done.

(Follow-up, NCI Thesaurus)

He had heard my story with that half kind of belief that is given to a tale of spirits and supernatural events; but when he was called upon to act officially in consequence, the whole tide of his incredulity returned.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

An authorized person who is appointed to audit and officially inspect the warehousing, prescribing, dispensing, distribution, administration and documentation practices related to utilization of investigational agent(s) within a clinical study or/and institution, in order to confirm the strict drug(s) accountability and to ensure patients safety and the clinical site compliance with protocol(s) and federal drug laws and regulations.

(Agent Inspector, NCI Thesaurus)

A minority is a group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it, often people with different nationality, religion, culture or lifestyle from that of the mainstream in the society; racial or ethnic groups officially recognized by the U.S. government as minority populations.

(Minority Group, NCI Thesaurus)

The results reveal that 45P is running so low on frozen carbon monoxide, that it is officially considered depleted.

(NASA Telescope Studies Quirky Comet 45P, NASA)

This intellectual planet of communication and transportation has been causing you delays and mix-ups ever since he went retrograde February 16. (In truth you began to feel the slowdown as early as February 2, as it is common to feel Mercury’s approaching retrograde for up to two weeks before it officially turns.) Now, however, everything is finally moving forward, and very quickly, as if a big blast of wind flew in your window.