officially

of·fi·cial·ly
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/əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/

adverb

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

“That’s it! I’m officially outraged.”

Similar
formally
Opposite
inofficiallyunofficially
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English official →
CommonScrabble 21
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Meanings

adverbofficially (comparative more officially, superlative most officially)

comparative more officially · superlative most officially

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

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

    1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292
    1 more example

    Wearing his best suit and sunglasses, the sultan of Slowjamastan officially declared independence from the United States of America at 12:26 p.m. on December 1, 2021 as he broadcast the secession live from his open-air government “office” in Dublândia, the capital of the Republic of Slowjamastan.

    2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN

    Antonyms: inofficially, unofficially

  2. slangThoroughly, completely.

    That’s it! I’m officially outraged.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.

Opposite
inofficiallyunofficially

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin an official role

Opposite
unofficially

adverbwith official authorization

Similar
formally
Also see
formally

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishofficial
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishofficially

From official + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic رَسْمِيًّا
  • رَسْمِيًّا (rasmiyyan)in an official manner
Bulgarian официа́лно
  • официа́лно (oficiálno)in an official manner
Catalan oficialment
  • oficialmentin an official manner
Czech oficiálně
  • oficiálněin an official manner
Dutch officieel
  • officieelin an official manner
Esperanto oficiale
  • oficialein an official manner
Finnish virallisesti
  • virallisestiin an official manner
French officiellement
  • officiellementin an official manner
German offiziell
  • offiziellin an official manner
Hungarian hivatalosan
  • hivatalosanin an official manner
Latin officialiter
  • officialiterin an official manner
Latvian oficiāli
  • oficiāliin an official manner
Norwegian Bokmål offisielt
  • offisieltin an official manner
Polish oficjalnie
  • oficjalniein an official manner
Portuguese oficialmente
  • oficialmentein an official manner
Russian официа́льно
  • официа́льно (oficiálʹno)in an official manner
Slovak oficiálne
  • oficiálnein an official manner
Spanish oficialmente
  • oficialmentein an official manner
Swedish officiellt
  • officielltin an official manner
Thai อย่างเป็นทางการ, ทางราชการ
  • อย่างเป็นทางการ (yàang-bpen-taang-gaan)in an official manner
  • ทางราชการ (taang-râat-chá-gaan)in an official manner
  • ตามทางการ (dtaam-taang-gaan)in an official manner
Ukrainian офіці́йно, офіціа́льно
  • офіці́йно (oficíjno)in an official manner
  • офіціа́льно (oficiálʹno)in an official manner
Cite this entry
APA

officially. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officially

MLA

“officially.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officially. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “officially,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officially.

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