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Synonyms for busily
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : biz-uh-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪz ə li |
Top 10 synonyms for busily
- agilely
- animatedly
- arduously
- briskly
- expeditiously
- fervently
- indefatigably
- industriously
- laboriously
- like all get out
- like the devil
- like the dickens
- nimbly
- painstakingly
- perseveringly
- persistently
- purposefully
- restlessly
- seriously
- speedily
- spiritedly
- strenuously
- studiously
- unremittingly
- unweariedly
- vigilantly
- vigorously
- vivaciously
- zealously
Définition of busily
Origin :- c.1200, bisiliche; see busy (adj.) + -ly (2).
- adv actively; intently
- Eudora blushed deeply, and busily caressed the dog with her foot.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Viviette, coming in later in hat and jacket, found him busily writing.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- He had stripped off his coat and waistcoat, and was busily at work in his shirt-sleeves.
- Extract from : « Little Daffydowndilly » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The others had returned, and were all busily engaged with the trophies of the traps.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- Mary was sitting by her sorting-table, busily sorting rags as she talked.
- Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
- You are too busily engaged in slaughtering waves to consider your rate of progress.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- He was busily baiting the hook; now he extended the pole to her.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- Busily the moving groups were talking of the melancholy event.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- Whilst in the shop, however, she had observed him busily engaged in the fish market.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Mrs. Bates stitched so busily, thinking he needed the garments all the while.
- Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
Antonyms for busily
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