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Princeton's WordNet

  1. officiouslyadverb

    in an officious manner

    "nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty"

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  1. officiouslyadverb

    in an officious manner

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Officiouslyadverb

    Etymology: from officious.

    The most corrupt are most obsequious grown,
    And those they scorn’d, officiously they own. Dryden.

    Flatt’ring crouds officiously appear,
    To give themselves, not you, an happy year. Dryd.

    Let thy goats officiously be nurst,
    And led to living streams to quench their thirst. Dryd.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of officiously in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of officiously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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