OFFICIOUSLY
officiously
(adverb) in an officious manner; “nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
officiously (comparative more officiously, superlative most officiously)
in an officious manner
Source: Wiktionary
OFFICIOUS
Of*fi"cious, a. Etym: [L. officiosus: cf.F. officieux. See Office.]
1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.] If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than as officious and venial one. Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version).
2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic] Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious. Milton. They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. Burke.
3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome. You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. Shak.
Syn.
– Impertinent; meddling. See Impertinent.
– Of*fi"cious*ly, adv.
– Of*fi"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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