[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/officious/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) / officious

# officious

adjective

«officious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#m1)
2. Officious describes a person who behaves as if they are in charge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories an officious servant fusses over someone with too much attention, often to please a master

### Examples

- The officious clerk kept telling us what to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#x1)
- The officious guard checked every bag twice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#x2)
- Her officious helpers filled his cup again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «officious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«officious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/officious.html) on Mova free.