administrative

[ad-min-uh-strey-tiv, -struh-] /ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ tɪv, -strə-/

adjective

pertaining to administration; executive:

administrative ability.

Origin

1725-35; < Latin administrātīvus. See administrate, -ive

Related forms

administratively, adverb

nonadministrative, adjective

nonadministratively, adverb

preadministrative, adjective

subadministrative, adjective

subadministratively, adverb

unadministrative, adjective

unadministratively, adverb

Examples from the web for administrative

The second visit had also involved an administrative matter.
As higher education budgets come under pressure around the world, so the spotlight falls on administrative budgets.
No one is sure how the mummies got there or why they came to be on display at the site's administrative offices.
Anyone who has been tasked with exceedingly tedious administrative work probably has an intimate understanding of this well.
In both countries, it appears to have started for administrative reasons.
Beginning in the fall, those teachers will perform administrative duties or be sent home if they are deemed a threat to students.
But dissatisfaction with administrative shortcomings-in essence, corruption-has been growing too.
It is quite possible that there are as many applicants for these administrative positions.
Some feared that it might be the beginning of the end of the administrative département.
There are administrative procedures to grant waivers to federal and state endangered species regulations.

Word Origin and History for administrative

adj.

1731, from Latin administrativus, from past participle stem of administrare (see administer). Related: Administratively.