On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Functionary. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as official and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Functionary in a sentence
Functionary meaning
- A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required.
- Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.
Synonyms of Functionary
Using Functionary
- The main meaning on this page is: A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required. | Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.
- Useful related words include: official, skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman.
- In the example corpus, functionary often appears in combinations such as: functionary said, government functionary, party functionary.
Context around Functionary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Functionary
- In this selection, "functionary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, government, bjp, party, yogesh, stated and examinee stand out and add context to how "functionary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a government functionary and a government functionary explained that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "functionary" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with functionary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And some state functionary will see it that way. (9 words)
A senior BJP functionary said, “In politics, nothing is final. (10 words)
A senior Congress functionary said Gandhi will head to Maharashtra from Surat. (12 words)
In this widening vacuum, lots of foreign opportunists, outright enemies, and nihilists are seizing the day—on the assurance that Biden is not a lame duck, but a lame, lame duck, and Harris is a near functionary in search of an identity and an idea. (45 words)
The case was registered on the basis of a report of Bal Kalyan Samiti (Child Welfare Committee) functionary Yogesh Parashar after its team visited St Joseph School in Ghoreghat Panchayat area under Mavai police station limits, the official said. (39 words)
In a response, BJP functionary S.G. Suryah said Pongal is being celebrated as Makar Sankranti and Lohri in North, Khichdi in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarayani in Gujarat and Rajasthan and also in various other places. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
And in case he decides to go to the apex court, he can file a contempt petition,” said a government functionary.
Functionaries of various women organisations, M. Azhagammai, D. Raji, D. Chithra, S. Uvarani, and former insurance employees federation functionary K. Swaminathan were among those who addressed the conference.
He said the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly is appointed by the Speaker and not by a party functionary.
One MP (a former key functionary of the Party of Regions) was recently appointed a member of the budget committee.
The case was registered on the basis of a report of Bal Kalyan Samiti (Child Welfare Committee) functionary Yogesh Parashar after its team visited St Joseph School in Ghoreghat Panchayat area under Mavai police station limits, the official said.
There have been several such attempts in the past to defeat BJP-mooted bills in Parliament,” said a senior BJP functionary.
The staff in the Traffic Chief’s Office was surprised as a senior functionary in Police Headquarters suddenly made a decision to go cyber, they would tell me.
A senior BJP functionary said, “In politics, nothing is final.
A senior functionary said the issues flagged by the minister relating to the pendency of cases have been conceptualised in the document.
As per the police, the complainant Santosh Parab, a Sena functionary, was commuting on a bike from Naravde naka in Kankavli, when an Innova without a number plate hit his two-wheeler.
In a response, BJP functionary S.G. Suryah said Pongal is being celebrated as Makar Sankranti and Lohri in North, Khichdi in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarayani in Gujarat and Rajasthan and also in various other places.
In this widening vacuum, lots of foreign opportunists, outright enemies, and nihilists are seizing the day—on the assurance that Biden is not a lame duck, but a lame, lame duck, and Harris is a near functionary in search of an identity and an idea.
Sudhakar Shetty, a market functionary, stated, “The animal husbandry department of Kerala has advised containment of avian flu within a few districts in Kerala.
The NCB sources said the senior DMK party functionary will be summoned soon for questioning on two transactions of ₹7 lakh made by Sadiq.
And some state functionary will see it that way.
Entrances to have mandatory hand hygiene and thermal screening provisions – If any examination functionary/examinee fails to meet the self-declaration criteria, they shall not be allowed entry.
It may be worth mentioning that in the Indian administrative system, the District Magistrate-cum-Collector is considered a highly powerful functionary, often compared to the French prefect.
A government functionary explained that various departments have to report to the new ministries after the Centre decided to merge various ministries and split some to create new ones.
And in doing that, they have not been able to associate any government functionary with any of their false claims or show evidence of their claims.
A senior Congress functionary said Gandhi will head to Maharashtra from Surat.
Common combinations with functionary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- functionary said 5×
- government functionary 3×
- party functionary 3×
- functionary of 3×
- bjp functionary 3×
- senior functionary 3×
- functionary in 3×
- functionary who 3×
- functionary will 2×
- state functionary 2×