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Meanings of officiousness in English

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Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation.

intrusió
Usage of officiousness in English
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Brangaena, turning round, is horrified to see what her officiousness has accomplished.
Wagner
2
Gurney was no longer surprised at the man's officiousness, but it still rankled.
Think of a number
3
The craze of an old woman-thefussy officiousness of a blundering elderly Englishman.
Under Western Eyes
4
Just another example of pettish bureaucracy, the officiousness of the jack-in-office.
Greener Than You Think
5
Her look of sympathy congealed into officiousness and she rose to her feet.
Creature
6
Excepting their officiousness and arrogance, Barri and Rivera were moral and able men.
Chimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and ...
7
Robinson was far from thanking the old gentleman for his officiousness.
Andy Grant's Pluck
8
Disturbed by the cops' cool officiousness, Carson remained at Denise's table.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
9
Although this seemed a ridiculous piece of officiousness it touched me.
Dona Perfecta
10
There were visits of kindness as well as visits of officiousness.
The Wide, Wide World
11
He endeavoured by several little instances of officiousness to become useful to me.
Italian Letters, Vols. I and II; Or, The History of the Count de...
12
Again it would have sought me, but for their eternal officiousness.
Anna St. Ives
13
Love of money, and a charitable officiousness of demeanour, were his leading characteristics.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
14
Then, seeing that his officiousness was overstepping the mark, he added,-
Kimono
15
The officiousness of the pair of mayors prodigiously displeased him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
16
The sum of them merged into an unchristian melee of officiousness and black ingratitude.
Kenny
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