Associations to the word «Officiously»

Wiktionary

OFFICIOUSLY, adverb. In an officious manner

Dictionary definition

OFFICIOUSLY, adverb. In an officious manner; "nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.