busily
in a busy manner; actively.
Origin of busily
1Other words for busily
| energetically, industriously, vigorously |
Other words from busily
- non·bus·i·ly, adverb
- o·ver·bus·i·ly, adverb
- su·per·bus·i·ly, adverb
- un·bus·i·ly, adverb
Words Nearby busily
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How to use busily in a sentence
With naval funding, fluxgate magnetometers were airborne by December 1942 and busily hunting for enemy submarines.
A WWII submarine-hunting device helped prove the theory of plate tectonics | Carolyn Gramling | July 2, 2021 | Science NewsUshers busily passed out boxes of tissue as speakers described the loss.
Anarchists and an increase in violent crime hijack Portland’s social justice movement | Scott Wilson | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostNew 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.
2021 MLB Preview: Our Guide To The National League | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | March 31, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightInstead, it was busily learning how to do more than simply collect beautiful stony trinkets and arrange them in shape order.
Much of What We Thought About Neanderthals Was Wrong. Here’s Why That Matters | Rebecca Wragg Sykes | October 27, 2020 | TimeThe 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.
How the world’s biggest media companies fared through the ongoing crisis in Q2 | Lara O'Reilly | August 12, 2020 | Digiday
They were busily implementing these in cases like Roe v. Wade when a right-wing insurgency took them by surprise.
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes | Jedediah Purdy | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTManufacturers 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.
Some of the First Galaxies Were Big Babies | Matthew R. Francis | September 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Too late,” Salem replied as he busily bought them for Goldman.
Too Big to Jail: Confessions of a Goldman Sachs Brat | Michael Daly | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe stood looking at him as he danced around the bag, busily punching its rotund sides.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousEdward, while busily arranging 'to cross seas' to Flanders, was also pushing forward preparations for a 'Scottish War.'
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThe like denunciation was busily repeated through the churches, especially of the north of England.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonFor a considerable time they were silent, the one busily engaged writing, the other engrossed with a book.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneWe met with several Brahmins busily engaged with calculations and written treatises.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for busily
/ (ˈbɪzɪlɪ) /
in a busy manner; industriously
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