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*bus·y (bz)
*adj. bus·i·er, bus·i·est
*busi·ly adv.
*busy·ness n.
*busi·ly adv.
*busy·ness n.
==Definitions==
*1. Engaged in activity, as [[work]]; occupied.
*2. Sustaining much [[activity]]: a busy morning; a busy street.
*3. Meddlesome; prying.
*4. Being in use, as a telephone line.
*5. Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting: a busy [[design]].
To make busy; occupy: busied myself preparing my tax
==Synonyms==
busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous
These adjectives suggest active or sustained effort to accomplish something. Busy, the most general, sometimes indicates constant and customary [[work]] or activity: a busy lawyer; a busy day.
Industrious implies steady application that is often [[habit|habitual]] or the result of a natural inclination: weeds pulled by an industrious gardener.
Diligent suggests constant painstaking effort, often toward the achievement of a specific goal: a diligent detective.
Assiduous emphasizes sustained application: assiduous efforts to learn French.
Sedulous adds to assiduous the sense of [[persistent]], thoroughgoing endeavor: "the sedulous pursuit of legal and [[moral]] principles" (Ernest van den Haag).
[[Category: General Reference]]
*bus·y (bz)
*adj. bus·i·er, bus·i·est
*busi·ly adv.
*busy·ness n.
*busi·ly adv.
*busy·ness n.
==Definitions==
*1. Engaged in activity, as [[work]]; occupied.
*2. Sustaining much [[activity]]: a busy morning; a busy street.
*3. Meddlesome; prying.
*4. Being in use, as a telephone line.
*5. Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting: a busy [[design]].
To make busy; occupy: busied myself preparing my tax
==Synonyms==
busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous
These adjectives suggest active or sustained effort to accomplish something. Busy, the most general, sometimes indicates constant and customary [[work]] or activity: a busy lawyer; a busy day.
Industrious implies steady application that is often [[habit|habitual]] or the result of a natural inclination: weeds pulled by an industrious gardener.
Diligent suggests constant painstaking effort, often toward the achievement of a specific goal: a diligent detective.
Assiduous emphasizes sustained application: assiduous efforts to learn French.
Sedulous adds to assiduous the sense of [[persistent]], thoroughgoing endeavor: "the sedulous pursuit of legal and [[moral]] principles" (Ernest van den Haag).
[[Category: General Reference]]
