If something's done officially, it's done formally, often with the backing of some kind of authority, like a government. You might be elected president in November, but you won't officially take office until January of the following year.
By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office;
Adverb
in an official role; "officially, he is in charge"; "officially responsible"
Adverb
with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized"
adv.
By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper
authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or
office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered;
letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.
Officially
By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office;
Usage Examples
Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally, I never cook. The whole time we were dating, I prepared two officially romantic meals. Both of them were such disasters that he begs me never to go into the kitchen again.
Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.
I'm officially near-famous. If you've got four year old kids and you've got cable, then you've got no choice but to know who I am. But if you're one of my peers - a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan - you have no idea who I am. I'm only famous if you're four.
We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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Other Usage ExamplesI don't practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good data bank of medical information and there is a key thing for a writer knowing where to go. I know where to go to get the information that I need.
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
I am not officially involved now in the direction of the Teen Challenge ministry, but I rejoice that God permits me to be the father of these ministries.
The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.
From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.
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