Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OF-FI'CIOUS-LY
OF-FI'CIOUS-LY, adv.
- Kindly; with solicitous care. Let thy goats officiously be nurs'd. Dryden.
- With importunate or excessive forwardness. Flattering crowds officiously appear, / To give themselves, not you, a happy year. Dryden.
- In a busy meddling manner.
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