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Use "officiously" in a sentence
"What I did not love -- and in fact really, really hated -- was being penned in by cops onto narrow sidewalks and into really crowded spaces by New York's finest -- who seemed to enjoy strolling back and forth officiously in the wide empty streets greeting each other as though is was old home week."
"No, I simply whipped out the copies of everything, all of which were stamped, officiously, by the person who took all the originals from me some five weeks early."
"“Mrs. Gwyn, that will be five shillings for tardiness,” Mr. Booth called out officiously."