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editorially

editorially

2 6.8
In a way that gives an opinion like a newspaper article
  • adverb
  • /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːriəli/
  • Literature
: editorialmente
  • The article was written editorially to reflect the opinions of the editorial staff.
  • editorially independent
  • editorially independent program
  • editorially independent news service

Examples

  • Part of this collaboration was a friendly local press, which gave full coverage to the not-quite-spontaneous community protest and asserted editorially that "no so-called 'flying squadron' of strikers was wanted in Gainesville or Hall County."

    Academic text (2007)
  • It is unclear what progressive leaders or progressive media organizations gain from telling their readers they endorse a vote for Obama without illusions when they editorially oppose a majority of what he has done or failed to do.

    Blog text (17)
  • Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the foundation.

    Blog text (16)
  • Editorially, he attempted to beef up The New Leader's traditional strong suit, coverage of foreign affairs.

    Academic text (2002)
  • I have to say that the staff at WWEN responded with total enthusiasm to my project and gave me excellent support both editorially and technically.

  • And unfortunately, when it became clear that that aspirational consumer wasn't going to be able to buy the products that were featured editorially and by the advertisers in the magazines, a few of them actually went out of business.

    Blog text (31)
  • The liberal Washington Post—one of the only two major newspapers that came out editorially to praise the Supreme Court's wretched Kelo case in 2005—is at it again.

    Blog text (17)
  • The magazine expressed its views editorially on the importance of climate change.

  • The team met editorially to discuss the direction of the next issue.

Surface Forms

editorially positive

Morphology

editorially = editorial (transparent) = editor + ial + ly

Formed regularly from the noun 'editorial' + '-ly' meaning 'in the manner of an editorial', a straightforward adverbial derivation.

Etymology

Editorially comes from editor and edit, where edit means 'to change or prepare text for publishing'. An editorial was originally the opinion article written by an editor, so to speak editorially in this sense is to give the newspaper's or magazine's official point of view.