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adhocratically

Syllables: ad·hoc·ra·ti·cal·lyUK/adhəˈkɹatɪk(ə)li/US/ædhəˈkɹædɪk(ə)li/

adhocratically adverb: in an adhocratic manner.

Adverb

adhocratically (comparative more adhocratically, superlative most adhocratically)

  1. (organizational theory) In an adhocratic manner.
    • That one department is managed bureaucratically and the other adhocratically can make their interacting or interfacing difficult.1981, David R. Hampton, Contemporary Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Management), 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, page 534
    • As such, depending on the degree to which the particular school is more adhocratically or bureaucratically oriented, mainstreaming for these students more or less represents symbolic integration, primarily in nonacademic classrooms […]1992, Thomas Hehir, Thomas Latus, editors, Special Education at the Century's End: Evolution of Theory and Practice since 1970 (Harvard Educational Review Reprint Series; 23), Cambridge, Mass....

Forms of adhocratically

comparativemore adhocratically
superlativemost adhocratically

Origin of adhocratically

From adhocratic + -ally or adhocratical + -ly.

Questions about adhocratically

What does adhocratically mean?
Adhocratically means in an adhocratic manner.
What part of speech is adhocratically?
Adhocratically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce adhocratically?
Adhocratically is pronounced /adhəˈkɹatɪk(ə)li/ (UK).

Words near adhocratically in the dictionary

  1. adhocracies
  2. adhocracy
  3. adhocrat
  4. adhocratic
  5. adhocratical
  6. adhocratically
  7. adhocrats
  8. Adhola
  9. adhort
  10. adhortation
  11. adhortations

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