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Synonyms for busyness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : biz-ee-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪz i nɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for busyness
Définition of busyness
Origin :- 1849, first attested in Thoreau, from busy (adj.) + -ness. A modern formation made necessary after business evolved away from busy.
- As in application : noun hard work
- Tom, standing with hat in hand, was impressed with his busyness.
- Extract from : « The Walking Delegate » by Leroy Scott
- I shouldn't have called it restlessness so much as busyness.
- Extract from : « Lore of Proserpine » by Maurice Hewlett
- Add the ordinary impediments of life, and admire my busyness.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Of course, out of doors the bees do this; their “busyness” materially aiding the gardener.
- Extract from : « Small Gardens » by Violet Purton Biddle
- I contented myself with the appearance of busyness, and wondered how long it would be before my chief caught me out.
- Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions
- I have written three pages before I come to my own busyness and feelings.
- Extract from : « Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) » by Edward Gibbon
- Samarra camp was a swirl of dust after the day's busyness; almost a faery place in the last sunlight.
- Extract from : « The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad » by Edward John Thompson
- Phillida was framed in the open square, and shook a dustcloth at us by way of greeting and evidence of her busyness.
- Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- The men whose devoted lives have made history great have seen in creation's busyness more than aimless shuddering.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Faith » by Harry Emerson Fosdick
- There had been the Honeycomb; its busyness still informed by the hotel spirit of "Dwell as if about to depart."
- Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck
Antonyms for busyness
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