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ˌsemi-oˈfficial, a.
[semi- 1.]
Partly official; depending to some extent upon official authority or knowledge.
1806Deb. Congr. U.S. 6 Mar. (1852) 597 Must we have semi-official authority, even for a title-page? 1859Habits of Gd. Society 292 Unless the dinner was a semi-official one. 1868G. Duff Pol. Surv. 2 The semi-official and opposition press has done its best to increase difficulties which required no increasing. 1897Westm. Gaz. 23 Feb. 5/1 The Central News asserts that there is semi-official reason for stating that [etc.]. 1901Scotsman 8 Mar. 6/1 The semi-official ‘North German Gazette’.
So ˌsemi-oˈfficially adv., in a semi-official manner.
1859Lang Wand. India 191 That a civilian in power had a quarrel with the Commissary-General, and had represented, semi-officially, that great frauds had been committed. 1861M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 38 The Bishop of Basle..writes semi-officially to the King a letter of excuse. |