Both Uses of
officious
in
William Wilson
- I have already more than once spoken of the disgusting air of patronage which he assumed toward me, and of his frequent officious interference withy my will.†
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- --at Rome, with how untimely, yet with how spectral an officiousness, stepped he in between me and my ambition!†
Definition:
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(officious) too eager to tell others what to do -- often regarding unimportant matters