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Definition of Busyness
1. Noun. The state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity. "There is a constant hum of military preparation"
Definition of Busyness
1. Noun. (American English) The characteristic of being busy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Busyness
1. the state of being busy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Busyness
Literary usage of Busyness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Children's Great Texts of the Bible by James Hastings (1920)
"busyness AND BUSINESS. And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.— I
Kings zz. 40. THESE words are part of a parable which was spoken by a ..."
2. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1899)
"Surely a gentleman of your application to busyness and of your spirit and action
can never give up his life to inactivity and indolence ; and if not what is ..."
3. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1883)
"Cap' Bakers busyness considered of. It is Ordered, That Cap* Baker bee dismis't
his Military Employment, both at Albany, or any other part of the ..."