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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley