secretarial
pronunciation
How to pronounce secretarial in British English:
UK [ˌsekrəˈteəriəl]
How to pronounce secretarial in American English:
US [ˌsekrəˈteriəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
Word Origin
- secretarial (adj.)
- 1801, from stem of secretary (Medieval Latin secretarius) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Secretarial work seems to be the only thing available for you .
- 2. Some also do payroll , invoicing and other " corporate secretarial " services .
- 3. The duties of the post are mainly secretarial .
- 4. Result : loss of productive secretarial time and an increase in the cost of biscuits .
- 5. One of the most unreasonably difficult things about learning chinese is that merely learning how to look up a word in the dictionary is about the equivalent of an entire semester of secretarial school .