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bureaucratically

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bu⋅reau⋅crat⋅ic

  [byoor-uh-krat-ik]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
Origin:
1830–40; < F bureaucratique. See bureaucrat, -ic

Related forms:
bu⋅reau⋅crat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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bu·reau·crat   (byŏŏr'ə-krāt')   
n.  

  1. An official of a bureaucracy.

  2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.

bu'reau·crat'ic adj., bu'reau·crat'i·cal·ly adv.
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