Busily
adverb
Doing something in an active or energetic way.
She was busily preparing for her exams.
Often appears as...
- busily working
- busily preparing
adverb
Doing something in an active or energetic way.
She was busily preparing for her exams.
Often appears as...
- busily working
- busily preparing
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Action Intensity
Used to indicate the high degree of activity in the subject's actions, suggesting a level of busy engagement.
The workers were busily hustling to meet the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Conveys a positive impression of someone's dedication or diligence in their activities.
He was busily involved in volunteer work.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Involvement
Implies that considerable time is being spent on the activity at hand.
She spent her afternoon busily researching for her essay.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Intensity
Used to indicate the high degree of activity in the subject's actions, suggesting a level of busy engagement.
The workers were busily hustling to meet the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Conveys a positive impression of someone's dedication or diligence in their activities.
He was busily involved in volunteer work.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Involvement
Implies that considerable time is being spent on the activity at hand.
She spent her afternoon busily researching for her essay.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Intensity
Used to indicate the high degree of activity in the subject's actions, suggesting a level of busy engagement.
The workers were busily hustling to meet the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Conveys a positive impression of someone's dedication or diligence in their activities.
He was busily involved in volunteer work.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Involvement
Implies that considerable time is being spent on the activity at hand.
She spent her afternoon busily researching for her essay.
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
and then what you want to do what we want to do is want to chop up some till we're gonna chop up some deal we're gonna sprinkle it all over all salmon salt slowly that's my jb very busily and then what we wanted you just to lift off those wonderful flavors we're gonna grab
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You may be accidentally...
But that said, in the past year alone, seven million people have died, so clearly, that is not enough. We also have governments aligned on tobacco, 180 of them, busily trying to implement the provisions of the UN tobacco treaty. But that, too, is not enough.
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How bees help plants...
while a few pollinators, including the honeybee usually, are generalists, busily feeding from and matchmaking for almost all the plant species in that ecosystem. What's interesting is that specialists and generalists across both plants and pollinators,
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
and an illustrator, and when I was setting up my slide projector in the cafetorium, I looked across the room, and there she my old lunch lady. She was still there at the school and she was busily preparing lunches for the day.
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Body-Snatching Wasp...
these besieged plants have actually sent up a chemical mist an SOS to these black wasps why because black wasps are known as a feed killers and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now
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Carol Beckwith & Angela...
become and the more exotic your appearance the more you're going to gain female admiration and a wife for the future we were busily involved in recording face painting and chest designs of the
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Parasitic Wasps PIPE...
wasps why because black wasps are known as a food coloring and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now despite its nickname this Watts isn't here merely to kill the
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Parasitic Wasps & Aphids...
known as a pod colors and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now despite its nickname this wasp isn't here merely to kill the
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Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
I wonder if he is cold standing in this drizzle I certainly would be I'd complain busily if I was him to my
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Tiny Frog Faces Night...
at last a colony of termites busily harvesting dune grass
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
and then what you want to do what we want to do is want to chop up some till we're gonna chop up some deal we're gonna sprinkle it all over all salmon salt slowly that's my jb very busily and then what we wanted you just to lift off those wonderful flavors we're gonna grab
Video examples
You may be accidentally...
But that said, in the past year alone, seven million people have died, so clearly, that is not enough. We also have governments aligned on tobacco, 180 of them, busily trying to implement the provisions of the UN tobacco treaty. But that, too, is not enough.
Video examples
How bees help plants...
while a few pollinators, including the honeybee usually, are generalists, busily feeding from and matchmaking for almost all the plant species in that ecosystem. What's interesting is that specialists and generalists across both plants and pollinators,
Video examples
Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
and an illustrator, and when I was setting up my slide projector in the cafetorium, I looked across the room, and there she my old lunch lady. She was still there at the school and she was busily preparing lunches for the day.
Video examples
Body-Snatching Wasp...
these besieged plants have actually sent up a chemical mist an SOS to these black wasps why because black wasps are known as a feed killers and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now
Video examples
Carol Beckwith & Angela...
become and the more exotic your appearance the more you're going to gain female admiration and a wife for the future we were busily involved in recording face painting and chest designs of the
Video examples
Parasitic Wasps PIPE...
wasps why because black wasps are known as a food coloring and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now despite its nickname this Watts isn't here merely to kill the
Video examples
Parasitic Wasps & Aphids...
known as a pod colors and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now despite its nickname this wasp isn't here merely to kill the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
I wonder if he is cold standing in this drizzle I certainly would be I'd complain busily if I was him to my
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Tiny Frog Faces Night...
at last a colony of termites busily harvesting dune grass
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John Redwood
British Politician
The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it.
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Malcolm Turnbull
Australian Politician
Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.
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Charles Sturt
Australian Explorer
These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information.
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Robert Shea
American Author
Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.
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Hudson Stuck
English Explorer
An hour or two spent in writing from dictation, another hour or two in reading aloud, a little geography and a little history and a little physics made the day pass busily.
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Mitch McConnell
American Politician
I think we need to respect the wishes of voters. They have been busily at work making these decisions in primary after primary after primary.
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Alexandra Fuller
English Author
In Africa, we filled up all available time busily doing not much, and then we wasted the rest.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
The past is an open wound, a life force busily shaping an increasingly bewildering present.
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Francis Asbury
English Clergyman
My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.
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John Redwood
British Politician
The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it.
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Malcolm Turnbull
Australian Politician
Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.
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Charles Sturt
Australian Explorer
These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information.
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Robert Shea
American Author
Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.
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Hudson Stuck
English Explorer
An hour or two spent in writing from dictation, another hour or two in reading aloud, a little geography and a little history and a little physics made the day pass busily.
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Mitch McConnell
American Politician
I think we need to respect the wishes of voters. They have been busily at work making these decisions in primary after primary after primary.
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Alexandra Fuller
English Author
In Africa, we filled up all available time busily doing not much, and then we wasted the rest.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
The past is an open wound, a life force busily shaping an increasingly bewildering present.
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Francis Asbury
English Clergyman
My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.
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