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Definition of Overbusy
1. Adjective. Too busy.
Definition of Overbusy
1. a. Too busy; officious.
Definition of Overbusy
1. Adjective. Excessively busy; officious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overbusy
1. too busy [adj] - See also: busy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbusy
Literary usage of Overbusy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1910)
"She was overbusy and overtaxed, and her thoughts were naturally drawn towards
the difficult problems of daily living. It had seemed to her during the autumn ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"The careful housekeeper, overbusy with much scrubbing, has had something to do
with it, if in her eager pursuit of dust ..."
3. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1861)
"He is like an overbusy counsel, the victim of his own reputation. A man who sends
his son to an overworked tutor, ..."
4. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch (1821)
"Cato, who often prophesied what would be the consequence, was then looked upon
as a troublesome and overbusy man; afterwards he was esteemed a wise, ..."
5. Red Fox: The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds and of by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1905)
"His mother was somewhat overbusy with the other members of the family, who had
shown themselves so much more in need of her care. ..."
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