Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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OFFI'CIOUSLY, adverb
1. Kindly; with solicitous care.
Let thy goats officiously be nurs'd.
2. With importunate or excessive forwardness.
Flattering crowds officiously appear, to give themselves, not you, a happy year.
3. In a busy meddling manner.
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