officiously

Adverb

Meaning

in an officious manner

Source: WordNet

informally arrogantly pragmatically haughtily imperiously officious inquisitively impertinently fussily autocratically bureaucratically overbearingly dictatorially importunately high-handedly

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meek easily gently compliant calmly docile

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nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty Source: Internet

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