officiously r in an officious manner nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty Usage(s) But many police, too, seemed irritated at having to spend their holidays in crowd control, and they began officiously ordering people around. All this time a busy little old man in a derby hat was rushing officiously about. There are also a few homes where children are reared so officiously that they never quite get rid of that run-to-mother look.
Quotes officiously Terry Pratchett in Times Online In his Dimbleby lecture, Pratchett quoted approvingly in full the line to which Lester merely alluded: "Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive / Officiously to keep alive."