Crossword clues for officiousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Officious \Of*fi"cious\, a. [L. officiosus: cf. F. officieux. See Office.]
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Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.]
If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than an officious and venial one.
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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.
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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. [1913 Webster] -- Of*fi"cious*ly, adv. -- Of*fi"cious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being officious
WordNet
n. aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation [syn: intrusiveness, meddlesomeness]
Usage examples of "officiousness".
According to the rigor of the law, the emperor might have asserted his claim, and the prudent Atticus prevented, by a frank confession, the officiousness of informers.
The name of Roderic was unknown to all the shepherds of the vallies, and he was received by them with that officiousness and hospitality which they were accustomed to exercise to the stranger.
As the song proceeded the two nymphs, who had first appeared to Edwin, and since attended him with the extremest officiousness, endeavoured by every artful blandishment to engage his attention, and rivet his partiality.
I worked closely with Itso Esi, who, for all his officiousness, was an efficient enough fellow.