Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- With semi-official authority; as if from official sources or with official authority; in a semi-official manner: as, it is semi-officially announced; the statement is made semi-officially.
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Examples
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Its objective is semi-officially "stability," which in practice means silencing any individuality and stifling ideas that question the status quo.
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It would be hard to describe the sense of achievement I felt on graduation day, when we were semi-officially launched as new P. A.s (the board exam still loomed ahead).
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Monday is semi-officially my last day, and I don't start in CS until the 28th.
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Madigan, who semi-officially kicked-off his campaign on June 28 at Chicago's Gay Parade, wrote the following about his campaign finances:
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Only more recently did national intelligence director Dennis Blair semi-officially reposition the established stance (though it is more just an obvious fact now) when he appeared before Congress and declared the global economic crisis the new primus inter pares.
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Anyway, I could swear we've heard at least semi-officially that the first season will be 12 episodes?
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It took several more years of legal wrangling until the Federal Reserve System semi-officially became a part of the federal government.
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Sweet - I was semi-officially as sexy and therapeutic as Julia Roberts.
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Since the early 1950s, a number of meetings and contacts among what were semi-officially called “Arab Oil Experts” had been taking place in the Middle East.
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Well, I know I adore your blog, and, as someone who's named herself after the Goddess of Comedy, I can (semi-officially) tell you that humor is basic to survival and absolutely necessary if we are to thrive, and that if you're making others laugh (and you've certainly made me laugh), you are performing an important and most sacred service.
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