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officious
/əˈfɪʃəs/
adj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
anxious, unnecessary
VERB + OFFICIOUS
tended
OFFICIOUS + NOUN
attention, government
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
1
Obliging, attentive, eager to please.
Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention!
‘It is essential that the nation become accustomed to managing its own affairs, so that it will emerge from this state of infancy in which an anxious and officious government attempts to keep the people’.
2
Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
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Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention!
Wiktionary02
‘It is essential that the nation become accustomed to managing its own affairs, so that it will emerge from this state of infancy in which an anxious and officious government attempts to keep the peop
Wiktionary03
The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
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