unofficially

Examples

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• Unofficially, it's used to broadcast numbers to our European field agents.

  The Numbers Station (2013)

• Students are unofficially admitted to the music department in their freshman year.

  Academic text (2006)

• - We're here unofficially of course.

  Gangster Story (1959)

• The campaign began unofficially in 1873 and lasted well into the first decade of the 20th century.

  Academic text (1993)

• For example, Eurasians are no longer considered a minority group, either officially or unofficially.

  Academic text (1996)

• Even upon his granting permission to disclose the report, it was published only unofficially by the State Department.

  Academic text (1990)

• When he died in 186 B.C., Lady Dai, who outlived him by more than 20 years, unofficially took over many of his duties.

  Academic text (2009)

• Surprisingly, the government unofficially recognizes the existence of a disparity in value between the two currencies.

  Academic text (1990)

• When I was growing up, Saturday mornings were unofficially known around our house as "Dad's Bluegrass Mornings."

  Blog text (12)

• Unofficially, both Karzai and Omar have signaled their willingness to compromise on their bottom line positions.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

O

on the side

vsunofficially

• Informal

50 3.9

Doing extra work besides your main job often without your boss's permission

is performed without official approval rather than as authorized work

I

informally

vsunofficially

9 3.4

In a relaxed way without strict rules

is about lack of official approval rather than casual or informal tone

Antonyms

O

officially

520 3.0

In a way that a government or other authority approves

How Official

officially

520 3.0

authoritatively

4 6.7

unofficially

26 4.4

informally

9 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology