superserviceable

American  

[soo-per-sur-vi-suh-buhl] / ˌsu pərˈsɜr vɪ sə bəl /

adjective

1. overly disposed to be of service; officious.

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Other Word Forms

• superserviceableness noun
• superserviceably adverb

Etymology

Origin of superserviceable

First recorded in 1595–1605; super- + serviceable

Example Sentences

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 Torrey, Bradford

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 Hawthorne, Julian

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 Curtis, George William

Randolph was a remorseless, subtle, superserviceable villain, who lied to the king, and robbed the colonists, and was active and indefatigable in every form of rascality.

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 Hawthorne, Julian

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 Bacon, Leonard Woolsey