Sentence examples for the functionary from inspiring English sources
noun
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 not required.
The functionary was gleeful.
He wondered if the functionary whom he'd insulted had exacted revenge.
A sweeper woman stopped by for an hour a day, the functionary explained, but afterward things inevitably became filthy again.
"We're already packing up," said the functionary, superfluously.Once they have stopped work, getting them to start again can be problematic.
He thought he was the heavy, and Abedin the functionary, but maybe it was the other way around.
We will never know, but many will ask: What if Dunga had chosen the artistry of Ronaldinho rather than the functionary Melo on his team?
He thinks the functionaries on the East Coast don't have the knack for wrangling celebrities.
"But on the other hand, the functionaries at film funds only talk about the viewership figures".
For the functionaries of the R.T.C., however, he harbors deep contempt.
Amusingly, three of the functionaries at the Holy Office are named "Foot", "Redgrave" and "Lord Stansgate", in testimony to Amis's dislike of three well-known 1970s lefty ideologues.
The functionaries are here to bring all the key administrative sectors – health, education, security, taxation, banking – in line with Moscow standards.
