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busily

[ biz-uh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a busy manner; actively.

    Synonyms: vigorously



busily

/ ˈbɪzɪlɪ /

adverb

  1. in a busy manner; industriously


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  • non·busi·ly adverb
  • over·busi·ly adverb
  • super·busi·ly adverb
  • un·busi·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of busily1

First recorded in 1175–1225, busily is from the Middle English word bisiliche. See busy, -ly

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Example Sentences

With naval funding, fluxgate magnetometers were airborne by December 1942 and busily hunting for enemy submarines.

Ushers busily passed out boxes of tissue as speakers described the loss.

New baseball ops head Jed Hoyer busily reloaded the pitching staff and bench, and signed Joc Pederson to replace Schwarber in left field, but the Cubs look worse on paper than they did at the end of last season.

Instead, it was busily learning how to do more than simply collect beautiful stony trinkets and arrange them in shape order.

From Time

The company has been busily building out its “other” segment, which includes its live events business — which it has reoriented to digital — affiliate referrals, licensing revenue from Facebook News and its TV and movie productions.

From Digiday

They were busily implementing these in cases like Roe v. Wade when a right-wing insurgency took them by surprise.

Manufacturers are busily introducing new models of all-electric and hybrid cars.

Tea Party conservatives, meanwhile, have been busily drawing the same conclusions.

Not only that, these galaxies were busily making new stars, with bigger galaxies giving birth faster than those with lower mass.

“Too late,” Salem replied as he busily bought them for Goldman.

She stood looking at him as he danced around the bag, busily punching its rotund sides.

Edward, while busily arranging 'to cross seas' to Flanders, was also pushing forward preparations for a 'Scottish War.'

The like denunciation was busily repeated through the churches, especially of the north of England.

For a considerable time they were silent, the one busily engaged writing, the other engrossed with a book.

We met with several Brahmins busily engaged with calculations and written treatises.

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