What part of speech is officially?

Officially can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. officially is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • officially
  • adjective: official 
  • adverb: officially

What does officially mean?

Definitions

Adverb

officially - in an official role; "officially, he is in charge"; "officially responsible"
officially - with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized"

Examples of officially

#   Sentence  
1. adv. Officially, he is in charge.
2. adv. Officially responsible.
3. adv. Yet all you read about at the time was the arrest of the son Ahmed Abdul Qadoos, who receives a stipend from the UN for being officially low-IQ due to lead poisoning.
4. adv. I don't know where this stands officially (I haven't heard any developments since Amsterdam) but I can find out from Bob Pickle if you want.
5. adv. Death toll of US soldiers in Iraq in May 2003, the month combat operations "officially" ended.
6. adv. Autumn is from mid August onwards as far as the weather goes if not officially according to the calender.
7. adv. Let us suppose that the number of incidents is twice that of those officially recorded.
8. adv. Officially it is his responsibility, but in fact his secretary does all the work.
9. adv. The Japanese Parliament today officially elected Ryūtarō Hashimoto as the country's 52nd prime minister.
10. adv. He officially announced himself as a candidate.
11. adv. He was never officially charged with spying.
12. adv. The war was officially over.
13. adv. Finally, World War One was officially over.
14. adv. Prohibition is hereby officially prohibited.
15. adv. Officially, he works for us as an interpreter.
Sentence  
adv.
Officially, he is in charge.
Officially responsible.
Yet all you read about at the time was the arrest of the son Ahmed Abdul Qadoos, who receives a stipend from the UN for being officially low-IQ due to lead poisoning.
I don't know where this stands officially (I haven't heard any developments since Amsterdam) but I can find out from Bob Pickle if you want.
Death toll of US soldiers in Iraq in May 2003, the month combat operations "officially" ended.
Autumn is from mid August onwards as far as the weather goes if not officially according to the calender.
Let us suppose that the number of incidents is twice that of those officially recorded.
Officially it is his responsibility, but in fact his secretary does all the work.
The Japanese Parliament today officially elected Ryūtarō Hashimoto as the country's 52nd prime minister.
He officially announced himself as a candidate.
He was never officially charged with spying.
The war was officially over.
Finally, World War One was officially over.
Prohibition is hereby officially prohibited.
Officially, he works for us as an interpreter.

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