nominally.

1. According to a stated name, formal designation or claimed status, rather than necessarily in actual effect.

2. Using stated monetary amounts without adjusting for inflation or changes in purchasing power.

3. According to a designated or rated technical value rather than necessarily the exact observed value.

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Words that belong together

• nominally independent
• nominally responsible

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The office was nominally independent but depended on the agency for its staff and funding.

She was nominally responsible for the review while key decisions remained elsewhere.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Invariable adverb; no plural or tense forms. Comparison is used only where a particular degree naturally permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: inference, qualification, analysis, methodology. Disciplines: academic writing, reasoning, research. Commonness: moderately common.