busyness

alternative busy-ness · alternative obsolete busynesse

1. uncountableThe state of being busy.

   A world without rigid temporal boundaries gave some a rare chance to relax and regroup after many years of busyness.

   2016, Benjamin H. Snyder, The Disrupted Workplace […] , Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144

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   She moved back to the table, and her busyness expressed her purpose but also perhaps hid some sort of regret at the news.

   2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 17, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

   The actor has also visited acupuncture and massage therapists more regularly to prime her body for the busyness of her schedule.

   2023 June 15, Kat Moon, “Ashley Park’s Main Character Energy From ‘Joy Ride’ Is Here To Stay: ‘I’m Treating Myself Like A Lead Now’”, in Women's Health, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2023