Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inofficial manner; without official character or authority.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Without the usual forms, or not in the official character; unofficially.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Without the usual
formalities , or not in theofficial character.
Etymologies
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Yes, a lot of them actually are grad students -- inofficially.
Reviews Should be Published Luis von Ahn 2009
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He defends his editorial positions, does not mention Gaskell and Hart, and notes that he has taken on as his personal advisers A. Walton Litz of Princeton and Michael Groden of the University of Western Ontario, "to support me inofficially [sic] with their advice."
The New 'Ulysses': The Hidden Controversy Rossman, Charles 1988
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I desired Mr. Rodney expressly to inform the Chief Justice of this, inofficially.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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I desired Mr. Rodney expressly to inform the Chief Justice of this, inofficially.
Letters 1760
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