officiously

• Adverbe décrivant un comportement excessivement insistant, autoritaire ou importun, notamment en imposant des conseils ou des ordres non sollicités. Péjoratif, il évoque une application zélée et envahissante des règles, souvent de manière bureaucratique ou indiscrète.

An adverb meaning 'in an excessively assertive, bossy, or meddlesome manner, especially regarding giving unwanted advice or orders.' It carries a negative connotation, describing behavior that is overly eager to enforce rules or exert authority, often in a bureaucratic or intrusive way.

1. In a meddlesome or intrusive mannerC1formal

   In a way that shows excessive or unwanted eagerness to offer help or enforce rules.

   de manière intrusive

   • The security guard officiously demanded to see my identification.
   • She officiously corrected every minor mistake in the report.
   • The waiter officiously refilled our glasses before we had finished.

   Synonymesobtrusively

   Antonymeslenientlypassivelypermissivelyunobtrusively