officiously

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adverb

in an officious manner

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Meanings

adverbofficiously (comparative more officiously, superlative most officiously)

comparative more officiously · superlative most officiously

  1. in an officious manner

    Slipping then a pillow under me, that I might give him the fairest play, I guided officiously with my hand this furious battering ram, whose ruby head, presenting nearest the resemblance of a heart, I applied to its proper mark, which lay as finely elevated as we could wish

    Fanny Hill

    1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC

Origin

From officious + -ly.

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APA

officiously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officiously

MLA

“officiously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officiously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “officiously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officiously.

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