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busily

[ biz-uh-lee ]

/ ˈbɪz ə li /

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adverb

in a busy manner; actively.

Origin of busily

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

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

bushwalking, bushwhack, bushwhacker, bushy, bushy-tailed, busily, business, business administration, business agent, business angel, business as usual

Example sentences from the Web for busily

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

Charging Up |The Daily Beast |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tea Party conservatives, meanwhile, have been busily drawing the same conclusions.

The People Vs. the Bank of Walmart |James Poulos |October 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
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 |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 |DAILY BEAST
Cuchars, however, did not sleep: he was too busily engaged in thinking.

The Tiger-Slayer |Gustave Aimard
Of course, Whitefield was also busily occupied with his Orphanage.

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) |Luke Tyerman
Other crashing sounds announced that the 95 enemy machines were busily at work.

Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines |Charles Amory Beach
I was busily imployed for several hours this morning in administering eye water to a Croud of applicants.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark |Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
All these poor engineers and doctors and lawyers are busily engaged, and every thing on the surface seems to be going on well.

A Librarian's Open Shelf |Arthur E. Bostwick

British Dictionary definitions for busily

busily

/ (ˈbɪzɪlɪ) /

adverb

in a busy manner; industriously