busily
12
1.0
- adverb
- /ˈbɪzəli/
:
activamente
- The chef was busily preparing meals for the large dinner party.
- busily working
- busily engaged
Examples
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Theorists from Berkeley to Bangalore are busily working on what it all means.
Academic text (1995) -
When we arrived, the caretakers were busily at work trimming hedges and weeding.
Fiction book (1995) -
Today my younger sister is also busily preparing a delicious dinner.
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Students in the various literacy centers have the same composition books open, busily writing and reading.
Academic text (2014) -
On the street, the tribespeople were busily walking to the market wearing their distinctive style of dress.
Academic text (2006) -
And at two-thirty, she went out to the pool and saw Bill busily preparing for the barbecue.
Fiction book (1991) -
Vendors have been busily rolling out new Bluetooth headsets and keyboards for their smartphones.
Academic text (2006) -
Madame Arthemis Savvidopoulos approached him on her swollen ankles, busily waving a paper fan.
Fiction book (1993) -
The workers were busily assembling the new furniture to meet the deadline.
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Children are busily playing in the park, laughing and running around.
Synonyms
229
2.7
By taking action and joining in with energy
8
3.0
In a lively and eager way
Antonyms
How Busy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Busily comes from the adjective busy, which originally meant 'occupied' or 'active'. The small ending -ly turns it into 'in a ... way', so busily means doing something with a lot of activity or energy.