unofficially

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unofficially

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From unofficial + -ly or un- + officially.

adverb more unofficially · most unofficially

In a way that is not official; in an unofficial manner. A one-pot meal, cachupa, is unofficially the national dish of Cape Verde, a drought-stricken archipelago off the western bulge of Africa. The dish is chock-full of cassava, seasoned sausages, corn and potatoes.

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@misc{unofficially_2026,
  title = {unofficially},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unofficially},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}