Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a secretary or secretaries: as, secretarial work; a secretarial position.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to a secretary.
  • adjective Connected with a secretary's work.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work

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Examples

  • She brings with her many years of experience, with a background in secretarial/admin assistant/exec secretarial positions in the business and legal environments; all phases of human resources, line management in credit card industry; publisher/editor of national disabilities newspaper; executive director

    pat rogers 2010

  • President Bush put all his old governors friends in secretarial positions at the different agency.

    Former Wisconsin governor: I won't run for Senate 2010

  • Declines occurred in secretarial work, sewing machine operators, and farm workers.

    Jobs, Progress, and Displacement, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • In October 1964, Diana came to stay with her grandparents while her mother finished what was described as a secretarial course.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • In October 1964, Diana came to stay with her grandparents while her mother finished what was described as a secretarial course.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • In October 1964, Diana came to stay with her grandparents while her mother finished what was described as a secretarial course.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • Apparently that story has received a good deal of circulation in secretarial circles in New York.

    Some Aspects of the Free World's Concern with the Satellite Nations of East Europe 1960

  • He didn't merely call the secretarial office, he turned a scanner on the newcomer.

    The Rebel Worlds Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1972

  • An off-the-shelf Hong Kong company can be bought from a "secretarial" firm for as little as $300 and registered the same day, often using the address of the Hong Kong secretarial firm.

    Hong Kong Plan Raises Tax Concern Martin Vaughan 2010

  • An off-the-shelf Hong Kong company can be bought from a "secretarial" firm for as little as $300 and registered the same day, often using the address of the Hong Kong secretarial firm.

    Hong Kong Plan Raises Tax Concern Martin Vaughan 2010

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