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Meanings of too officious in English

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Usage of too officious in English
1
Had she been too officious in welcoming him to his own home?
Beulah
2
Why did you the other day, oh unseasonable and too officious friends!
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; /...
3
And you," said he, turning to Alexis, "do not be too officious.
Marie; a story of Russian love
4
She was courteous to all, solicitous for the comfort of her guests, yet not too officious.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
5
Yes, and he was too officious by far.
Heart of the Sunset
6
They were becoming altogether too officious, Lovak thought.
The Hunted Woman
7
You noncoms are too officious and it's unnatural.
I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon
8
You are a little too officious.
Without a Home
9
He guessed well enough what the packet contained: the silver medal procured for him by the too officious coroner.
The Ship of Stars
10
And she again cautioned the boy not to be too officious, and sent him away from her at once.
Japanese Literature / Including Selections from Genji Monogatari...
11
Nature was just assisted and relieved by Art, without being oppressed by too officious a service from her handmaid.
Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete
12
If I'm called down later for being too officious, they can't say I didn't try to do my duty.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success; Or, The Young Express Agent
13
She said, smiling with an amused tenderness over his confusion, "I haven't been too officious, have I?"
Mary Wollaston
14
He perfectly understood that Delaine's letter was meant to warn him not to be too officious in Lady Merton's service.
Lady Merton, Colonist
15
Those Dodge people are just a trifle too officious to suit me, but Ogalalla is a cow-town after my own heart.
The Outlet
16
Arthur would have liked to hug her, had even spread his arms, and then lowered them again because it felt too officious.
Melnitz
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