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busily

Adverb

Meaning

In a busy manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. James Russell Lowell

Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show. To see the great showman sitting in the second row busily writing his telegrams is a thrill no actress can forget. Irene Dunne

The sky was dark, the night was black, obscurity reigned, the gleam of the wolves eyes was the only light that came to sight, the howling of the jackal was the only sound to be heard, conspiracies were in the making while slanderers and the malicious were busily chattering. Ali Shariati

My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. Francis Asbury

The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means. John Redwood

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear. Robert Shea

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