officiousness

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{n} great forwardness of civility
The quality of being officious
{i} officious behavior; meddlesomeness; overeagerness in offering unwanted help
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obliging, attentive, eager to please
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intermeddling with what is not one's concern
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{a} importunately forward, busy, kind
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Offensively intrusive or interfering
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obliging
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Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome
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Disposed to serve; kind; obliging
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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"
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{s} eager to offer unwanted services; meddlesome; interfering; offering much unwanted advice; unofficial, informal, not official
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Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty
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disapproval If you describe someone as officious, you are critical of them because they are eager to tell people what to do when you think they should not. When people put on uniforms, their attitude becomes more confident and their manner more officious. = bossy + officiously of·fi·cious·ly Lance Corporal Williams officiously ordered them out. too eager to tell people what to do - used to show disapproval
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