Both Uses of
officious
in
Oliver Twist
- Mrs. Mann ushered the beadle into a small parlour with a brick floor; placed a seat for him; and officiously deposited his cocked hat and cane on the table before him.†
Chpt 2 *
- Oliver lay, covered with mud and dust, and bleeding from the mouth, looking wildly round upon the heap of faces that surrounded him, when the old gentleman was officiously dragged and pushed into the circle by the foremost of the pursuers.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(officious) too eager to tell others what to do -- often regarding unimportant matters