UNOFFICIALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unofficially mean? 

• UNOFFICIALLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNOFFICIALLY has 2 senses:

1. without official authorization

2. not in an official capacity

  Familiarity information: UNOFFICIALLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNOFFICIALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without official authorization

Synonyms:

on the side; unofficially

Context example:

he had made some money on the side

Pertainym:

unofficial (not having official authority or sanction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not in an official capacity

Context example:

unofficially, he serves as the treasurer

Antonym:

officially (in an official role)

Pertainym:

unofficial (not having official authority or sanction)

 Context examples 

I was “Mr. Van Weyden” fore and aft, and it was only unofficially that Wolf Larsen himself ever addressed me as “Hump.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The newly formed Tongan island, unofficially known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai after its neighbors, was initially projected to last a few months.

(NASA Shows New Tongan Island Made of Tuff Stuff, Likely to Persist Years, NASA)

It was an unprecedented thing on sealing-schooners, where it is the custom for the hunters to rank, unofficially as officers.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)