officey

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US/ˈɔfɪsi/UK/ˈɒfɪsi/New Zealand/ˈɔfɘsi/

adjective

Officelike; resembling or pertaining to an office.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. informalOfficelike; resembling or pertaining to an office.

    How about two rooms—one for officey stuff? Two clocks. A plant—maybe. I've heard there should always be something living in the room—aside from you of course.

    2007, Angelica Kaner, Ernst Prelinger, The Craft of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, volume 1, →ISBN, page 101
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    Lots of the other girls said, "Good morning, Miss Pendleton." "Good morning," she returned. "Good morning. Good morning. Good morning." They all looked clean, officey and willing. Lorna, hammering away at a typewriter, looked officey too.

    1934, Ernest Pascal, A woman at thirty, page 26

    At the end of the three month course, I knew how to type, answer phones, do basic computing, bookkeeping, lay out business letters and lots of other very useful officey things.

    2011, Emma Hannigan, Talk To The Headscarf: A memoir, →ISBN, page 19

Origin

From office + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

officey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officey

MLA

“officey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officey. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “officey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officey.

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