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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)

  1. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
    • Be careful crossing that busy street.
    Synonyms:
    heavy, bustling
  2. Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
    • The director cannot see you now: he's busy.
  3. Having much work to do; having much to get done.
    • Near-synonym: swamped
    Synonyms:
    swamped
  4. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
    • Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
  5. 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...

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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

  1. busied
  2. busied around
  3. busier
  4. busies
  5. busies around
  6. busiest
  7. busieth
  8. busification
  9. Busigny
  10. busily
  11. busine

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