officially

English

Etymology

From official +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈfɪʃəli/

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• Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cial‧ly

Adverb

officially (comparative more officially, superlative most officially)

1. In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.

   Antonyms: inofficially, unofficially

   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292:

     [T]here was nothing to drink except orange crush - officially.

2. (slang) Thoroughly, completely.

   That’s it! I’m officially outraged.

Translations

in an official manner

• Bulgarian: официално (bg) (oficialno)
• Catalan: oficialment (ca)
• Czech: oficiálně (cs)
• Dutch: officieel (nl)
• Esperanto: oficiale
• Finnish: virallisesti (fi)
• French: officiellement (fr)
• German: offiziell (de)
• Latin: officialiter
• Latvian: oficiāli

• Maltese: uffiċjalment
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: offisielt

• Polish: oficjalnie (pl)
• Portuguese: oficialmente (pt)
• Russian: официа́льно (ru) (oficiálʹno)
• Spanish: oficialmente (es)
• Swedish: officiellt (sv)
• Thai: อย่างเป็นทางการ (yàang-bpen-taang-gaan), ทางราชการ (taang-râat-chá-gaan), ตามทางการ (dtaam-taang-gaan)

See also

• formally