department
noun
a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
departmentally
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a word derived from
department.
Example Sentences
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The Interior Department, which oversees the National Park Service, said only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on National Park Service flagpoles, with limited exceptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Twelve medical and two veterinary officers are also employed departmentally, as well as officers acting as directors of supply, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Ramani Babu, therefore, was not molested, but his accomplice was departmentally censured, and transferred to an unhealthy district.
From Tales of Bengal by S. B. Banerjea
His transport, medical attendance, and provisioning are cared for departmentally, and watched over by responsible officers.
From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by George Robert Aberigh-Mackay
True, Montpellier-le-Vieux, departmentally speaking, is in the Aveyron, if so phantom-like a city can be said to have a local habitation and a name.
From The Roof of France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
