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Officious meaning
Obliging, attentive, eager to please. | Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
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Example sentences (8)
They must contend with Olivia (De Beaufort), the court’s officious assistant district attorney.
And its hilarious duo of officious tribunes Brutus (Jordan Metcalfe) and Sicinius (Stephanie Street) feel like they’re straight from a political sitcom, resolutely ordinary amid the chaos they cause.
His officious and obstructive manner brought him into conflict with Amber Rudd, who also mysteriously found herself the subject of negative briefing as the Windrush crisis unfolded.
I’ve done this for my kids (a 4-year-old in district pre-K and a 2-year-old in day care), and my pre-Ker was suitably wowed by the officious-looking chart I taped up in the hallway.
Anzac relations have been strained by an officious Kiwi headmaster.
Gadot, Taraji P. Henson (as Buzztube chief algorithm Yesss) and Alan Tudyk (as the officious search engine KnowsMore) are worthy additions to the cast, although other returning players like Jane Lynch and Jack McBrayer get little more than cameos.
The Emperor, sung by Andrew Thomas Pardini, is a brusque, officious leader who revels in his absolute power, until the figure of Death finds a way to outsmart him.
We first meet Einstein bantering with his officious assistant Helen (Mindy Shaw) about Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.