Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

officiously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
of-fi-cious-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in an officious manner

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English officious Middle English -ly English -ly English officiously From officious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more officiously (comparative) most officiously (superlative)

Questions

What does officiously mean?
in an officious manner
Where does officiously come from?
Etymology tree English officious Middle English -ly English -ly English officiously From officious + -ly.

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