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overbusily

overbusily adverb: in an overbusy manner.

Adverb

overbusily (comparative more overbusily, superlative most overbusily)

  1. in an overbusy manner
    • Famine had smitten India, and the great cattle-barons beyond our frontier had been overbusily engaged, attempting the extermination of the smaller settlers, to attend their legitimate business; so buyers in Europe were looking to Canada for wheat and cattle.2015, Harold Bindloss, The Mistress of Bonaventure

Forms of overbusily

comparativemore overbusily
superlativemost overbusily

Origin of overbusily

From Middle English overbisili, equivalent to overbusy + -ly.

Questions about overbusily

What does overbusily mean?
Overbusily means in an overbusy manner.
What part of speech is overbusily?
Overbusily is an adverb.

Words near overbusily in the dictionary

  1. overburthened
  2. overburthening
  3. overburthens
  4. overbusied
  5. overbusies
  6. overbusily
  7. overbust
  8. overbusy
  9. overbusying
  10. overbutter
  11. overbuttered

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