semi-officialadj.

Etymology: semi- prefix 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌsemi-oˈfficial.

Partly official; depending to some extent upon official authority or knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > proceeding from authority > partly

semi-official1806

society > authority > office > [adjective] > official or derived from persons in office > partly

semi-official1806

1806 Deb. Congr. U.S. 6 Mar. (1852) 597 Must we have semi-official authority, even for a title-page?

1859 Habits Good Society 292 Unless the dinner was a semi-official one.

1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 2 The semi-official and opposition press has done its best to increase difficulties which required no increasing.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 23 Feb. 5/1 The Central News asserts that there is semi-official reason for stating that [etc.].

1901 Scotsman 8 Mar. 6/1 The semi-official ‘North German Gazette’.

Derivatives

ˌsemi-oˈfficially adv. in a semi-official manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [adverb] > officially > partly

semi-officially1859

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in 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.

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 408 The Bishop of Basle..writes semi-officially to the King, a letter of excuse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	semi-official
释义	semi-officialadj. Etymology: semi- prefix 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌsemi-oˈfficial. Partly official; depending to some extent upon official authority or knowledge. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > proceeding from authority > partly semi-official1806 society > authority > office > [adjective] > official or derived from persons in office > partly semi-official1806 1806 Deb. Congr. U.S. 6 Mar. (1852) 597 Must we have semi-official authority, even for a title-page? 1859 Habits Good Society 292 Unless the dinner was a semi-official one. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 2 The semi-official and opposition press has done its best to increase difficulties which required no increasing. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 23 Feb. 5/1 The Central News asserts that there is semi-official reason for stating that [etc.]. 1901 Scotsman 8 Mar. 6/1 The semi-official ‘North German Gazette’. Derivatives ˌsemi-oˈfficially adv. in a semi-official manner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [adverb] > officially > partly semi-officially1859 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in 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. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 408 The Bishop of Basle..writes semi-officially to the King, a letter of excuse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1806
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