overbusily

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adverb

in an overbusy manner

OriginMiddle English overbisili →
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Meanings

adverboverbusily (comparative more overbusily, superlative most overbusily)

comparative more overbusily · superlative most overbusily

  1. in an overbusy manner

    Famine had smitten India, and the great cattle-barons beyond our frontier had been overbusily engaged, attempting the extermination of the smaller settlers, to attend their legitimate business; so buyers in Europe were looking to Canada for wheat and cattle.

    2015, Harold Bindloss, The Mistress of Bonaventure

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoverbisili
  2. Englishoverbusily

From Middle English overbisili, equivalent to overbusy + -ly.

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APA

overbusily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbusily

MLA

“overbusily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbusily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbusily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbusily.

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