Busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure. While all these words mean actively engaged or occupied, busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure. If you are busy, you are working hard, or giving your attention to a particular thing
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Actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime.
See examples of busy used in a sentence.
Actively and attentively engaged, esp He's busy and can't see you (of a telephone line) in use When you are busy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task, so that you are not free to do anything else
They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on saturday. The director cannot see you now Her telephone has been busy all day He is busy with piano practice
Ramzi is busy getting ready for meetings.
• dennis had a very busy schedule with all of these commitments Busy road • for this reason, start by choosing a relatively quiet environment rather than a busy road. Busy means actively employed, temporarily or habitually Diligent suggests earnest and constant effort or application, and usually connotes fondness for, or enjoyment of, what one is doing
Some common synonyms of busy are assiduous, diligent, industrious, and sedulous
