When you're busy, you have things to do. You're occupied and probably not bored.
Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure;
Verb
keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
Adjective S.
crowdedwith or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
Adjective
actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"
Adjective S.
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people''s business"
Adjective S.
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged'' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists'' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory
Adjective S.
overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
a.
Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or
only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor
at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
a.
Constantly at work; diligent; active.
a.
Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and
times; as, a busy street.
a.
Officious; meddling; foolish active.
a.
Careful; anxious.
v. t.
To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep
engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
Busy
Sir, my mistress sends you word THat she is busy, and she can not come.2.
Busy hammers closing rivets up.
Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.3.
To-morrow is a busy day.4.
On meddling monkey, or on busy ape.5.
Busy
Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels.
Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure;
To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy;
Usage Examples
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
As a busy working mom I'm always pressed for time, so a quick and easy beauty routine is key!
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.
Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.
Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.
Doctors, dressed up in one professional costume or another, have been in busy practice since the earliest records of every culture on earth. It is hard to think of a more dependable or enduring occupation, harder still to imagine any future events leading to its extinction.
God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel.
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Other Usage ExamplesHappiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.
A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'
According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.
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