nominally he is the boss. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adverb : He was nominally the leader, but others actually ran the organization. From Dictionary.com.
There is a certain nominally democratic appearance to the board but as a functional matter the Chairman runs the show. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » White House Should Fill Open Federal Reserve Board Slots] Reference
Thus on the liquidation of the Duplessis inheritance Mme. Derues would be entitled nominally to some 66,500 livres, about £11,000 in English money. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Remarkable Criminals] Reference
I say "nominally" because I also have the misfortune to know its captain. From Wordnik.com. [Santorini]
I say "nominally" because my experience in hosting such a meeting is, um, nil; and I relied heavily on my committee. From Wordnik.com. [Roller-coaster] Reference
The Roc offer was therefore "nominally" hostile and the board hasn't yet made any recommendation to shareholders, Mr. Young said. From Wordnik.com. [Roc Oil Offers $574.7 Million] Reference
We say "nominally" because our assessment is based solely on the published policies, not on the actual implementation of those policies. From Wordnik.com. [Green Light!] Reference
… in one of the countries that matters and is still "nominally" "free". From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Party Chairman Brian Mawhinney was nominally in charge. From Wordnik.com. [How Tony Blair Won] Reference
Both are nominally communist regimes that repress their people. From Wordnik.com. [The Democracy Fix for the South China Sea] Reference
They nominally control a Congress that Clinton actually controls. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans As Red Sox] Reference
Every even nominally successful war is followed by a triumphal moment. From Wordnik.com. [A Just War Is Still A War] Reference
North Korea still causes trouble, and China is nominally a communist state. From Wordnik.com. [Japan can't stay postwar forever] Reference
The two teams, nominally allies, were simply talking past each other, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Real and Surreal] Reference
It cannot be taken literally or nominally as building institutions that did not exist before. From Wordnik.com. [Fadi Elsalameen: Prime Minister Fayyad 'Build, build despite the occupation'] Reference
Trade unions that nominally support his ANC are stepping up strike activity across the country. From Wordnik.com. [Unrest In Mandela's Ranks] Reference
While nominally a huge amount, China's enormous bond market should have no problems digesting it. From Wordnik.com. [Central Huijin Plans Bond Sales] Reference
There were-including, covertly, the senior leaders of what was nominally the Bush-Quayle campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Road To Houston] Reference
There are score of them here, far away from parental guidance, nominally under the care of an imam. From Wordnik.com. [Bomb Bid Throws Nigeria Into Terrorism Debate] Reference
Using government might to bully two nominally private firms makes it easier to do the same to others. From Wordnik.com. [Surveying The Wreckage] Reference
Derivatives are nominally required to be cleared, but only if a private clearinghouse will accept them. From Wordnik.com. [Your Crib Sheet For Bank Regulation] Reference
He's part of the same neighborhood youth association that Umar Farouk and his brothers nominally belong to. From Wordnik.com. [Nigerian Bomb Plot Suspect Had Upscale Upbringing] Reference
Javier Solana, former NATO head and now nominally in charge of "common" EU foreign policy, was not consulted. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Splits] Reference
Jeffrey shoplifted as a member of a theft ring run by one Lewis Cooper, nominally a bail bondsman, actually a fence. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference
Dutch pension funds nominally lost roughly 15% in 2008, but performed relatively well in 2009, earning a nominal 18%. From Wordnik.com. [Volatility Plagues Pension Funds] Reference
Although an interim government nominally rules in Kabul, the country is rife with shifting tribal alliances and feuds. From Wordnik.com. [Mulla Omar Off The Record] Reference
Israel, which was not nominally a party to the dispute between Iraq and Kuwait, nonetheless would become a principal target. From Wordnik.com. [Bombs Over Baghdad] Reference
Europe's leaders may be nominally conservative, but they are following quite orthodox social-democratic, mixed-economy models. From Wordnik.com. [How the Left Can Rise Again] Reference
We've formed the Fallujah Brigade nominally under US Marine Corps command in Fallujah, but it openly sides with the insurgents. From Wordnik.com. [The Iraqi Handover] Reference
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the Afghan Major Crimes Task Force, which is nominally under. From Wordnik.com. [Afghan President, U.S. Clash Over Anti-Corruption Force] Reference
And yet, as misinformed as Garrett's letter is, the resolution introduced by Rep. Louie Gohmert outdoes it in promoting a nominally. From Wordnik.com. [Hadar Susskind: Frenetic Drive to Show Support for Israel Endangers Israel] Reference
A nominally civilized society such as ours can only recoil in horror at any news of a child's death at the abusive hands of an adult. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Rowe: What it Says About Us When a 17-Month-Old Boy Is Beaten to Death for "Acting Like a Girl"] Reference
The author reports that we work better with computers nominally assigned to our own "team" than with computers assigned to a rival team. From Wordnik.com. [A Soft Spot For Hard Drives] Reference
All of a sudden, tens of thousands of people, nominally members of the Baath Party, lost jobs as engineers, schoolteachers and officials. From Wordnik.com. [Exploit Rifts in The Insurgency] Reference
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