superserviceable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of superserviceable
First recorded in 1595–1605; super- + serviceable
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For here, again, surprising as it may seem, it is necessary to be on our guard against a superserviceable activity.
From A Rambler's lease by Bradford Torrey
Thereupon the cynics, who have never given a thought or lifted a hand to relieve suffering or to remedy wrong, sneer at superserviceable philanthropy.
From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by George William Curtis
The latter's annihilation took all the heart out of the superserviceable Shirley; he got no further than Oswego, where he frittered the summer away, and then retreated under a cloud of pretexts.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Julian Hawthorne
This enlightened body promptly shortened the days of tribulation by a letter to the superserviceable Stuyvesant, conceived in a most commercial spirit.
From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Hortense cast about for just the right point of view, with Carolyn to help on "atmosphere" and two young men to be superserviceable over campstool, sketch-block and box of colors.
From Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller
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