officiouslyadv.

Brit.

/əˈfɪʃəsli/, U.S.

/əˈfɪʃəsli/

Forms: see officious adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: officious adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < officious adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. Dutifully, duteously. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb]

straitlyc1290

holilyc1374

strait1390

unpartingly1435

ritelyc1475

religiously1534

heedfully1561

rigorouslya1564

heedily1577

officiously1582

strictly1597

punctually1598

ritually1612

unadulterously1643

observantially1652

righteously1748

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie iii. 13 Their obsequiousnesse to those that ar aboue them enforceth their vnder ones officiouslie to obay, both the chefe souerain, & also them themselves.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. V4 They ought..holding sacred places, to labour earnestly and officiously, to suppresse those horrible euils.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 535 Let us demean our selves modestly, consistently, and officiously toward him.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 365 As Danger taught Each in his way, officiously they wrought.

2. In an unduly forward or obtrusive way; with importunate forwardness; (now esp.) in a self-important, pedantic, or interfering manner; with pompous authority. Formerly also: †without being asked or required; gratuitously (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb]

crousea1525

forwardly1552

cockishly1570

officiously1598

cockingly?1734

protrusively1833

perkingly1841

self-assertingly1841

perkily1843

bumptiously1844

cockily1855

chestily1908

with (an) attitude1975

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adverb] > officiously

officiously1598

pragmaticallya1716

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > in unwarranted or unjustifiable manner > gratuitously

gratis1582

officiously1598

gratuitously1697

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 10 Let not the king officiously by force the damsell take.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 31 Officiously intruding them selues for bribes.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. i. 8 As for you, Ladyes and Gentlewomen..let me intreate you, not to be too officiously busie.

1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride II. i. 15 Far be it from me, officiously to pry Or Press upon the Privacies of others.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iii. xvi. 203 Wou'd you officiously set an Enemy right, that was making a wrong Attack?

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 276 He would not be exposed to them, although he had not officiously hurt any of them.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 288 The French East India Company, the affairs of which the ministers of the French King had so officiously controled.

1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine x. 221 The Arabs officiously picked up specimens of poor turquoise and small pieces of iron-ore.

1976 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo iii. 69 I was being officiously counselled not to commit the solecism of using a swizzle-stick too soon.

1991 B. Howell Dandelion Days (BNC) 212 He..produced a notebook and pencil which he pointed at the butcher. ‘Nah then Mr Sykes,’ he said officiously . ‘You didn't get a permit for this, did you?’

3. With eagerness to serve, help, or please; attentively; obligingly, courteously. Now rare (in later use passing into sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > with willing service

officiously1604

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with studious care or diligently > in service

diligentlyc1540

officiously1604

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > obligingly or complaisantly

officiously1604

obligingly1646

complaisantly1709

allowingly1781

accommodatingly1847

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously

holdec1000

holdelyc1000

sweetly?c1225

courteouslyc1290

graciouslyc1384

favourably1388

thankfully1513

handsomely1542

officiously1604

graciousa1617

1604 B. Jonson Particular Entertainm. at Althrope 235 in His Pt. Royall Entertainem. A Morrise of the Clownes thereabout, who most officiouslie presented themselues.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E1 The great Ladie..would needs haue him carie her little Dogge, which he doing officiously, and yet vncomely, the Page scoffed.

1708 J. Hudson Let. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) II. 124 He made me dine w^th him, and officiously conducted me to y^e Ferry.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vi. 50 Little Dick officiously reached him a chair.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. ii. 36 Her two fugitive handmaidens..endeavoured to suppress a smuggled laugh..by acting very officiously in Mr Touchwood's service.

1932–46 G. B. Shaw in Black Girl (1946) 189 When Nora came in, he brightened, and helped her officiously to get her long travelling coat off.

†4. Opposed to officially: informally on the part of a government or other authority or its agents. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [adverb] > not in official capacity

privately?a1475

unofficially1784

non-officially1814

officiously1863

1863 F. W. Gibbs Recognition 10 When Mr. Deane..applied to the French Government for two hundred guns, he was refused officially, but officiously referred to Beaumarchais.

1888 Times 12 Apr. 9/4 They [sc. the Municipalities] fix the price ‘officiously’—that is, at a quotation which may serve to guide the public without acting as a legal restraint on the baker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	officiously
释义	officiouslyadv. Brit. /əˈfɪʃəsli/, U.S. /əˈfɪʃəsli/ Forms: see officious adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: officious adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < officious adj. + -ly suffix². †1. Dutifully, duteously. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb] straitlyc1290 holilyc1374 strait1390 unpartingly1435 ritelyc1475 religiously1534 heedfully1561 rigorouslya1564 heedily1577 officiously1582 strictly1597 punctually1598 ritually1612 unadulterously1643 observantially1652 righteously1748 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie iii. 13 Their obsequiousnesse to those that ar aboue them enforceth their vnder ones officiouslie to obay, both the chefe souerain, & also them themselves. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. V4 They ought..holding sacred places, to labour earnestly and officiously, to suppresse those horrible euils. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 535 Let us demean our selves modestly, consistently, and officiously toward him. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 365 As Danger taught Each in his way, officiously they wrought. 2. In an unduly forward or obtrusive way; with importunate forwardness; (now esp.) in a self-important, pedantic, or interfering manner; with pompous authority. Formerly also: †without being asked or required; gratuitously (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb] crousea1525 forwardly1552 cockishly1570 officiously1598 cockingly?1734 protrusively1833 perkingly1841 self-assertingly1841 perkily1843 bumptiously1844 cockily1855 chestily1908 with (an) attitude1975 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adverb] > officiously officiously1598 pragmaticallya1716 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > in unwarranted or unjustifiable manner > gratuitously gratis1582 officiously1598 gratuitously1697 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 10 Let not the king officiously by force the damsell take. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 31 Officiously intruding them selues for bribes. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. i. 8 As for you, Ladyes and Gentlewomen..let me intreate you, not to be too officiously busie. 1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride II. i. 15 Far be it from me, officiously to pry Or Press upon the Privacies of others. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iii. xvi. 203 Wou'd you officiously set an Enemy right, that was making a wrong Attack? 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 276 He would not be exposed to them, although he had not officiously hurt any of them. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 288 The French East India Company, the affairs of which the ministers of the French King had so officiously controled. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine x. 221 The Arabs officiously picked up specimens of poor turquoise and small pieces of iron-ore. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo iii. 69 I was being officiously counselled not to commit the solecism of using a swizzle-stick too soon. 1991 B. Howell Dandelion Days (BNC) 212 He..produced a notebook and pencil which he pointed at the butcher. ‘Nah then Mr Sykes,’ he said officiously . ‘You didn't get a permit for this, did you?’ 3. With eagerness to serve, help, or please; attentively; obligingly, courteously. Now rare (in later use passing into sense 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > with willing service officiously1604 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with studious care or diligently > in service diligentlyc1540 officiously1604 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > obligingly or complaisantly officiously1604 obligingly1646 complaisantly1709 allowingly1781 accommodatingly1847 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously holdec1000 holdelyc1000 sweetly?c1225 courteouslyc1290 graciouslyc1384 favourably1388 thankfully1513 handsomely1542 officiously1604 graciousa1617 1604 B. Jonson Particular Entertainm. at Althrope 235 in His Pt. Royall Entertainem. A Morrise of the Clownes thereabout, who most officiouslie presented themselues. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E1 The great Ladie..would needs haue him carie her little Dogge, which he doing officiously, and yet vncomely, the Page scoffed. View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Hudson Let. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) II. 124 He made me dine w^th him, and officiously conducted me to y^e Ferry. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vi. 50 Little Dick officiously reached him a chair. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. ii. 36 Her two fugitive handmaidens..endeavoured to suppress a smuggled laugh..by acting very officiously in Mr Touchwood's service. 1932–46 G. B. Shaw in Black Girl (1946) 189 When Nora came in, he brightened, and helped her officiously to get her long travelling coat off. †4. Opposed to officially: informally on the part of a government or other authority or its agents. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [adverb] > not in official capacity privately?a1475 unofficially1784 non-officially1814 officiously1863 1863 F. W. Gibbs Recognition 10 When Mr. Deane..applied to the French Government for two hundred guns, he was refused officially, but officiously referred to Beaumarchais. 1888 Times 12 Apr. 9/4 They [sc. the Municipalities] fix the price ‘officiously’—that is, at a quotation which may serve to guide the public without acting as a legal restraint on the baker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1582
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