busily

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bus·y

(bĭz′ē)

adj. bus·i·er, bus·i·est

1. Engaged in activity, as work; occupied. See Synonyms at active.

2. Characterized by or sustaining much activity: a busy morning; a busy street.

3. Being a busybody; meddlesome; prying.

4. Being in use, as a telephone line.

5. Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting: a busy design.

tr.v. bus·ied, bus·y·ing, bus·ies

To make busy; occupy: busied myself preparing my tax return.

[Middle English bisi, busi, from Old English bysig.]

bus′i·ly adv.

bus′y·ness n.

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busily

(ˈbɪzɪlɪ)

adv

in a busy manner; industriously

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Adv.

busily - in a busy manner; "they were busily engaged in buying souvenirs"

busily

adverb actively, briskly, intently, earnestly, strenuously, speedily, purposefully, diligently, energetically, assiduously, industriously The two saleswomen were busily trying to keep up with the demand.

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Translations

بِانْشِغال، بانْهِماك

horlivěpilně

geschäftig

activement

serényen

ötullega

attivamente

flittig geskjeftig

delavno

gayretleuğraşarak

忙碌地

busily

[ˈbɪzɪlɪ] ADV → afanosamente
he was busily engaged in painting it → lo estaba pintando afanosamente
everyone was busily writing → todos escribían con ahínco

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busily

[ˈbɪzɪli] adv [engaged] → activement
to be busily trying to do sth → s'activer à faire qch
to be busily doing sth → s'activer à faire qch

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busily

adv (= actively, eagerly) → eifrig

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busily

[ˈbɪzɪlɪ] adv → con impegno, alacremente

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busy

(ˈbizi) adjective

1. having a lot (of work etc) to do. I am very busy.

2. full of traffic, people, activity etc. The roads are busy; a busy time of year.

3. (especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged. All the lines to New York are busy.

verb

(sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with. She busied herself preparing the meal.

ˈbusily adverb

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"Getting my breakfast, of course," murmured the hen, busily pecking away.

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Because the Lord Warden is busily employed at times in fobbing his perquisites; which are his chiefly by virtue of that same fobbing of them.

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The wanton wind had been so busily kissing them all the morning that they were quite dry, so I was able to find room for them in my knapsack without danger to the other contents; and, with a hasty good-day to their recent possessor, I set off at full speed to find a secure nook where I could throw myself down on the grass, and let loose the absurd laughter that was dangerously bottled up within me; but even before I do that it behoves me if possible to vindicate my sanity to the reader.