Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious.
Milton.
They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and
hospitable.
Burke.
3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in
which one has no concern; meddlesome.
You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services.
Shak.
Syn. -- Impertinent; meddling. See Impertinent.
-- Of*fi"cious*ly, adv. -- Of*fi"cious*ness, n.
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Off"ing (?), n. [From Off.] That part of the sea at a good distance
from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot;
also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we
saw a ship in the offing.