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Definition of Busily
1. Adverb. In a busy manner. "They were busily engaged in buying souvenirs"
Definition of Busily
1. adv. In a busy manner.
Definition of Busily
1. Adverb. In a busy manner, actively. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Busily
1. in a busy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Busily
Literary usage of Busily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War and peace by Leo Tolstoy, Sergej Prokof'ev, Lev Tolstoj, Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva, Valerij Gerg'ev, Graham Vick, Humphrey Burton, Aleksandr Gergalov, Elena Prokina, Gegam Gregoriam, Olga Borodina, Jurij Marusin, Nikolaj Okhotnikov, Vasilij Gerelo, Irina Bogatjeva, (1904)
"Flaring up and growing dim again, and quivering, they seemed to be busily signalling
some joyful mystery to each other. THE French army went on melting away ..."
2. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"town crowded with them, sewing busily, hopefully, prayerfully. ... We are intensely
anxious; our conversation, while busily sewing at St. Paul's ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... when I found both George Wilmot and Agnes busily engaged in the search.
It was the lad's dinner-hour, and he had hurried over the meal,'to gain a few ..."
4. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1886)
"For some time previous to 1862, the Confederates at Pensacola were busily engaged
in removing the commissary stores, munitions of war. guns and everything ..."
5. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"The winter found him and his priests busily engaged with rifles and traps about
the source of the Arkansas. Quite a large party of Crow Indians made a foray ..."
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