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busy-ness

busy-ness is the alternative spelling of busyness.

Meaning of busyness

Noun

busyness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being busy.
    • 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

Questions about busy-ness

What is busy-ness the alternative spelling of?
Busy-ness is the alternative spelling of busyness.

Words near busy-ness in the dictionary

  1. busy signal
  2. busy signals
  3. busy wait
  4. busy waits
  5. busy work
  6. busy-ness
  7. busy-work
  8. busybodied
  9. busybodies
  10. busybodiness
  11. busybody

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