officiousness

I'm not accusing the officials of anything more than officiousness.

"Watch where you step," he said, panic gone and officiousness returned.

To use one, denotes that officiousness will be shown by you toward your friends.

But my goodness, for real officiousness commend me to that inspector.

"Tell the fellow we eat dirt for our servants' officiousness.

At times, their officiousness seems to be bluff; they simply cannot afford to be wrong.

The sudden goad of officiousness in her voice made him flinch.

He took as much of the officiousness from his voice as he could.

The three white sheep he is badgering respond to his officiousness by standing tall.

One leaned hard against the doorbell while the other peered around the front of the house as if taking part in an officiousness competition.

Time was, American businesses could surmount such regulatory officiousness.

They usually had jobs of minor authority that they practiced with great officiousness.

He tended to officiousness and factual-sounding declarations that had little basis.

His expression became bland, and his tone shifted into officiousness.

Sam was there new oiled from dinner, with an abundance of zealous and ready officiousness.

Then she realizes a thin young man with prominent teeth and a nervous officiousness is her own assigned deputy.

The attendant checked the tickets with perfect officiousness.

Each of them wore a red cross on a white field affixed to his belt which lent justification to their officiousness.

The man's officiousness got on Paris's nerves.

That serene Power interposes the check upon the caprices and officiousness of our wills.

"Please turn off your cell phones," called out the saxophonist with mock officiousness as the music stopped and the skits began.

Nurses are no longer expected to sublimate their feelings behind starchy officiousness as has been the case in the not so distant past.

"It had a connotation of petty officiousness.

As the saw saith, I was in joy and gladness, naught save my officiousness brought me this sadness.

The city pumps the arts, but a whiff of military officiousness and rowdy, off-duty fun always lingers in the air.