officious
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It turned out Vance had left a lengthy trail of bizarre, officious comments about, well, a lot of things, but particularly female fertility and childlessness.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2025
From the moody and officious to the joker and the Buddhist, every canine companion I have worked with brought a distinct character to our partnership.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023
The case, however, made Comstock’s name synonymous with “prudery, Puritanism and officious meddling,” according to Broun and Leech.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023
They differed markedly from the more officious digital communications we periodically received.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2022
Who is this officious little chrome-dome? he thought.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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