by Joanna Scott
(missing author)(adjective) kind obliging / (adjective) dutiful / (adjective) volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed; meddlesome / (adjective) informal unofficial
a woman brimming with affection, a woman so adroitly officious that she gave the impression of belonging to whomever she was addressing
a woman brimming with affection, a woman so adroitly officious that she gave the impression of belonging to whomever she was addressing