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busyings

busyings is the plural of busying.

Meaning of busying

Noun

busying (plural busyings)

  1. busyness; making oneself busy with something
    • All of you have some business or other to do in the world. Are not your thoughts, and talkings, and busyings, and anxieties, and cares, altogether about the business you have to do?1853, The Cottage Lamp, an aid to happiness in this world and the next

Questions about busyings

What is busyings the plural of?
Busyings is the plural of busying.

Words near busyings in the dictionary

  1. busybodyish
  2. busybodyism
  3. busybodyness
  4. busying
  5. busying around
  6. busyings
  7. busyish
  8. busyness
  9. busynesse
  10. busynesses
  11. busywork

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