- a word derived from officious.
Example Sentences
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Replied Dodd, who has in fact made a Senate name for himself as an articulate advocate of international law and order: Thou shalt not kill; but need'st not strive Officiously to keep alive.
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Melvin Maddocks Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive Officiously to keep alive.
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Thou shalt not kill, but needst not strive Officiously to keep alive.
From The Doctor's Dilemma by Shaw, Bernard