1 publicly and by sb who is in a position of authority:
The library will be officially opened by the local MP. * We haven't yet been told officially about the closure. * The college is not an officially recognized English language school.
2 according to a particular set of rules, laws, etc:
Many of those living on the streets are not officially homeless. * I'm not officially supposed to be here.
3 according to information that has been told to the public but that may not be true:
Officially, he resigned because of bad health.
OPPUNOFFICIALLY
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for officially is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is officially a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, officially is tagged as adverb.
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