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Search phrase: officious

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor I.viii.14Officious and not valiant, you have shamed meOfficious and not valiant, you haue sham'd me
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.237I mean your malice – know, officious lords,(I meane your malice) know, Officious Lords,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.330.2You are too officiousYou are too officious,
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.200Come, come, be everyone officiousCome, come, be eueryone officious,
The Winter's TaleWT II.iii.158You that have been so tenderly officiousYou that haue beene so tenderly officious
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.833let him call me rogue for being so far officious; for I amlet him call me Rogue, for being so farre officious, for I am

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officeofficiously withhold, use petty authority to block
officiousmeddlesome, interfering, overzealous
officiousobliging, attentive, diligent
super-serviceableoffering service beyond what is needed, officious

Thesaurus

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officioussuper-serviceable
officiously withholdoffice
withhold officiouslyoffice

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
OFFICEBASICofficious adj

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