how to pronounce officially

/əˈfɪʃəliː/

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officially is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of officially in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Kenan was born there officially as the …”

meanings of officially

adverb:

In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.
Thoroughly, completely.

officially frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word officially occurs in english on average 30.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics officially can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that officially can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;