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superserviceable

[ soo-per-sur-vi-suh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. overly disposed to be of service; officious.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·i···Ա noun
  • p·i·· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of superserviceable1

First recorded in 1595–1605; super- + serviceable
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Example Sentences

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Some superserviceable persons, carried away, honestly no doubt, by their own frightened imaginations, and perhaps in part stimulated by the temptation of getting up a sensation of the first class, succeeded in persuading Mr. Lincoln that a formidable conspiracy existed to assassinate him on his way through Maryland.

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The superserviceable zeal of the ex-chancellor was hit very happily in a circus scene, in which the Duke of Wellington figures as the ring-master, Brougham as the clown, and Sir Robert Peel as the rider.

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For here, again, surprising as it may seem, it is necessary to be on our guard against a superserviceable activity.

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Thereupon the cynics, who have never given a thought or lifted a hand to relieve suffering or to remedy wrong, sneer at superserviceable philanthropy.

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The mayor turned out to be the sometime lieutenant, and, with superserviceable zeal, the former friend poured out worthless information which led the Emperor to believe that on the morrow there would be only Bl�cher's rear-guard to disperse.

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