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titularly

  • a word derived from titular.
    titular
    adjective
    existing or being such in title only; nominal; having the title but none of the associated duties, powers, etc..

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Our titularly “atypical” protagonist Sam — played by Keir Gilchrist of “United States of Tara” and “It Follows” —  isn’t any more three-dimensional.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2017

The junta's paranoia and dithering in the weeks after the storm was something of an epiphany for Mr. Thein Sein, the former general who had been titularly in charge of disaster response.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2012

Instead, as titularly advertised, “Girls” is about girls, and the fact that they do make connections – emotional, intimate, irritating, satisfying, pleasurable, lasting.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2012

President of the new body and thus titularly the most eminent man in Canadian medicine is Lieut.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is by rule one guest of the evening, and one only, who is titularly the guest of the presiding officer; but on this occasion an exception was made for our admiral and myself.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan