Officiousness
[ə'fiʃəsnis]
Examples
- Sam was there new oiled from dinner, with an abundance of zealous and ready officiousness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ah, I might have trusted you to find your own way out--don't overwhelm me with the sense of my officiousness! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- If there hadn't been over-officiousness it wouldn't have been made, and I hate over-officiousness at all times, whether or no. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Checked by Judith