Meaning & use
Busily
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In a busy, energetic, or hurried manner, especially while occupied with work.
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The clerks worked busily to finish the inventory before closing time.
Bees moved busily from flower to flower in the garden.
A note on using this word
Formed by adding "-ily" to the adjective "busy," following the standard pattern for adjectives ending in -y.
Words with a similar meaning
industriouslyactively
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Words with an opposite meaning
idlylazily
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