transferring 40 percent of its economic interest [...] officious behavior that many protested

Nettie accepted my mother’s labour not as a young woman might watching an older one in order to learn how to do it herself, but rather like a child being temporarily saved by a somewhat officious older sister.

he was still a lot more polite than the others, especially that officious man Oliver Lyons, who was basically quite rude.

as beams of the police car swept them in an officious turn and sought the opening in the hedge.

But she’d sunk back on a leather bench, left the assault to their guide’s officious requests

smiles that were almost tender and satisfied, a familiar and officious gallantry

He was cutely officious, expertly prying the fitted lid off a sheet metal chest, inside which was straw

The guards were adamant they could not come in. It seemed as if after their heart-in-mouth journey, the officious defences of their own side might stymie them.

They were speaking to each other with tinkling officiousness, like two administrators filling out a form together.

the officious viciousness of the Nazi occupation of the country

In ink of a different color, on this same card, I instruct myself, with a certain officiousness, to include this thought with my other thoughts about writing about him.

a woman brimming with affection, a woman so adroitly officious that she gave the impression of belonging to whomever she was addressing