officially

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OFFI'CIALLY, adverb By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested; as accounts or reports officially verified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.
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