officiously

[uh-fish-uhs-lee]

adverb

1. in an officious way; especially with a pompous air of authority, as of a minor but self-important official.

Example Sentences

In these early installments, Dream himself is too often stuck in exposition mode, officiously explaining the etiquette protocols of various realms like an underworld Emily Post.

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Dancers in scrubs skip around and gesture officiously, doing a stylized version of the inscrutable activity that any patient might recognize.

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She told me, rather officiously, that the two of them had plans and would not be in until late.

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Here are four of them: two perched officiously on dining chairs and another pair lying under the table, like dozy sidekicks.

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The movers arrived at eleven that morning, powerfully muscled, red-faced men who grunted officiously over the dead weight of refrigerators and air conditioners.

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