officially

Word family  noun office officer official officialdom officialese officiousness adjective official ≠ unofficial officious verb officiate adverb officially ≠ unofficially officiously

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++of·fi·cial·ly /əˈfɪʃəli/ ●●○ adverb  1  PUBLIC/NOT PRIVATEpublicly or formally 官方地；正式地 The new church was officially opened on July 5th. 新教堂于7月5日正式启用。 Nothing has yet been officially announced. 一切都还没有正式宣布。 The scheme was officially launched in May. 该计划是在5月份正式实施的。 Has the company officially confirmed the appointment? 公司正式证实这项任命了吗？ the number of officially recognized political parties 官方认可的政党数量2  [sentence adverb]PUBLIC/NOT PRIVATE according to what someone says publicly, even though this may not be true 根据官方的说法，据公布〔尽管不一定是事实〕 Officially, the talks never took place. 根据官方的说法，会谈根本没有进行。

Examples from the Corpus

officially• The changes to borders were officially announced in the European Parliament.• Experts are now being called out to check this tress vital statistics, and establish it officially as a record breaker.• At that stage, Britain and Germany were still not officially at war.• Although he is now officially bankrupt, the underworld mastermind still has a multi-million-pound property empire.• Wanuskewin Heritage Park officially came into being in 1989 via an act of the Saskatchewan Legislature.• Officially, Carter resigned, but everyone knows he was fired.• In effect, it officially condoned segregation.• thirty square miles of woodland that has been officially designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty• Now we had to get the document that would officially make us husband and wife.• The details of the reforms are to be released officially next month.• That makes me officially not part of the exalted Baby Boom generation.• So far, although Pottz was now officially numero uno, he still hadn't actually won in Hawaii.• The motorway will be officially opened at the end of the month.• Three players were officially reprimanded for fighting on the field.officially launched• About 320 people attended the Congregational Tea and the scheme was officially launched.• This tax relief will no longer be available to new buyers of waiver of premium once the stakeholder is officially launched.• That announcement came as the Reform Party officially launched its own petition drive to win Texas ballot access in November.

of·fi·cial·ly adverbChineseSyllable  

publicly or Corpus formally

officially
of‧fi‧cial‧ly /əˈfɪʃəli/ adverb1. 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
2. [sentence adverb] according to what someone says publicly, even though this may not be true:
    Officially, the talks never took place.

🔑 of·fi·cial·lyBrE /əˈfɪʃəli/ 🔊NAmE /əˈfɪʃəli/ 🔊 adverb🔑 publicly and by sb who is in a position of authority 正式地；官方地；公开地◆The library will be officially opened by the local MP. 图书馆将由当地下院议员正式揭幕。🔊🔊◆We haven't yet been told officially about the closure. 我们尚未接到关闭的正式通知。🔊🔊◆The college is not an officially recognized English language school. 那所学院不是官方认可的英语学校。🔊🔊🔑 according to a particular set of rules, laws, etc. 依据法规等◆Many of those living on the streets are not officially homeless. 根据法律定义，许多流浪街头的人并非无家可归者。🔊🔊◆I'm not officially supposed to be here. 按公事说，我是不该到这里来的。🔊🔊🔑 according to information that has been told to the public but that may not be true 据传；据公布◆Officially, he resigned because of bad health. 据官方说法，他是因健康状况不佳而辞职的。🔊🔊 OPP unofficially