secretarial

[ sek-ri-tair-ee-uhl ]

/ ˌsɛk rɪˈtɛər i əl /

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noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.

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Origin of secretarial

First recorded in 1795–1805; secretary + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM secretarial

non·sec·re·tar·i·al, adjectivesub·sec·re·tar·i·al, adjectiveun·sec·re·tar·i·al, adjective

Words nearby secretarial

secret admirer, secret agent, secretagog, secretagogue, secretaire, secretarial, secretariat, secretary, secretary bird, secretary-general, secretary of defense

How to use secretarial in a sentence

My mother, after two years of college, got married and held secretarial and retail jobs.
The ghosts of our motel|Sabaa Tahir|November 29, 2021|Vox
In high school, O’Leary did secretarial work at the Pentagon, where she developed an affinity for clerical record books and other bureaucratic items.
D.C. is a city of grand monuments and federal buildings. These photos capture the often unseen poetic details.|Kelsey Ables|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
A prospective boss told young Cokie Roberts that women like her loved their dead-end secretarial jobs.
Four women who broke barriers to become the founding mothers of NPR|Connie Schultz|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
In March 1944, shortly before Joye Hummel graduated from the Katharine Gibbs secretarial school in Manhattan, she was invited to meet with one of her instructors, a charismatic psychologist who had been impressed by her essays on a take-home test.
Joye Hummel, first woman hired to write Wonder Woman comics, dies at 97|Harrison Smith|April 8, 2021|Washington Post

I had been at secretarial college with those two girls [Valerie and her sister Mary], so I knew them very well.
Kate Middleton’s Code-Breaking Granny: Duchess Uncovers Wartime Secrets|Tim Teeman|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, she was back in the same tired circle: the icy, gray streets of Detroit, back and forth to work at a secretarial job.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The British broadsheets called it “the most coveted secretarial job in the world.”
The Beatles’ Secretary, Good Ol’ Freda, Breaks Silence in Exclusive SXSW Interview|Marlow Stern|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When I was in high school, I had a secretarial job at a fuel company in a small town in New Hampshire.
Black Women Still Battle Mad Men in Corporate America|Rebecca Carroll|March 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Draper told Lois that she was not made for a secretarial job.
The Mad Men Finishing School|Emma Pearse|August 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
She had done some secretarial work for a charity of which the duchess was patroness.
Emily Fox-Seton|Frances Hodgson Burnett
They'll probably tell you to take the next rocket back and report to the secretarial pool, I'm afraid.
Operation: Outer Space|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
He had discovered her among communist councils in Berlin and naïvely attached her as a part of Dorn's secretarial retinue.
Erik Dorn|Ben Hecht
Miss Conder's secretarial duties apparently left her wide margins of leisure which were always at the disposal of Miss Black.
Notwithstanding|Mary Cholmondeley
Presently I seated myself at the table and recommenced my secretarial duties, while he went forth.
The Minister of Evil|William Le Queux