See Also: officially(dictionary)
officially(dictionary)

officially (oh)



publicly or formally
::The new church was officially opened on July 5th.
::Nothing has yet been officially announced .
::The scheme was officially launched in May.
::Has the company officially confirmed the appointment?
::the number of officially recognized political parties
[sentence adverb] according to what someone says publicly, even though this may not be true
::Officially, the talks never took place.