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bureaucratically

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a bureaucratic manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with respect to bureaucracy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it's bureaucratically complicated

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

in a bureaucratic manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucrate Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique ▲ French bureaucratie ▲ French -ique French bureaucratiquebor. English bureaucratic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English bureaucratically From bureaucratic + -ally.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: byrokraattisesti — in a bureaucratic manner
  • French: bureaucratiquement — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Galician: burocraticamente — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Georgian: ბიუროკრატიულად (biuroḳraṭiulad) — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Italian: burocraticamente — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Polish: biuralistycznie — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Polish: biurokratycznie — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Portuguese: burocraticamente — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: биро̀кратски — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: biròkratski — in a bureaucratic manner
  • Spanish: burocráticamente — in a bureaucratic manner