busiest
busiest is the superlative form of busy.
busiest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of busy.
Meaning of busy
Adjective
busy (comparative busier, superlative busiest)
- Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- Be careful crossing that busy street.
- Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
- The director cannot see you now: he's busy.
- Having much work to do; having much to get done.
- Near-synonym: swamped
- Synonyms:
- swamped
- Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
- Officious; meddling.
- I will be hanged if some eternal villain,
Some busy and insinuating rogue,
Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office,
Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- I will be hanged if some eternal villain,
Origin of busiest
From busy + -est.
Questions about busiest
- What is busiest the superlative form of?
- Busiest is the superlative form of busy.
Words near busiest in the dictionary
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