“I think that should be fine,” said Sam, officiously making a note on her clipboard.
"Chaunge places with me, sir," cried the Lothario, officiously.
But who is the gentleman who is just going up to them and handing them a tumbler so officiously?
"The new chief will decide about those things," said Shanklin officiously.
Why have the police been officially—and officiously—searching the house, then?
"Say, I can tell you that right off the reel," declared Bristles, officiously.
Cato stood at the gate, and came forward, officiously, to help them out.
In the silence which ensued, Lysander officiously proposed to remove the sign.
But take care you are not too suddenly, or too officiously compassionate.
"Oh, I can let you know tomorrow," interrupted Alice, officiously.
1560s, "zealous, eager to serve," from Latin officiosus "full of courtesy, dutiful, obliging," from officium "duty, service" (see office). Sense of "meddlesome, doing more than is asked or required" had emerged by 1600 (in officiously). An officious lie (1570s) is one told to do good to another person (from Latin mendocium officiosum or French mensonge officieux). Related: Officiousness.
