busily

«busily» in Mova's school dictionary: In a busy way: working hard and actively at something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (busily; more busily, most busily)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a busy way: working hard and actively at something. tree →

2) While being very occupied with a task. tree →

sense in the lessons

A how-word used in stories to show characters hard at work: bees, ants, cooks, the Rat packing a picnic basket. It often goes with verbs like work, write, chatter, bustle. Phrases: «busily engaged in», «busily at work».

examples

• The bees buzzed busily from flower to flower. tree →
• Mum was busily packing for the trip. tree →
• The pupils wrote busily until the bell rang. tree →
• The Rat busily packed the lunch basket. tree →
• Ants busily carried crumbs back to their nest. tree →
• The shop assistant was busily stacking shelves. tree →
• Everyone chatted busily before the show began. tree →
• They entered a glovemaker's shop, where a woman sat sewing busily. tree →

note

Formed from «busy» by changing y to i and adding «-ly»: busy → busily (like happy → happily). Pronounced BIZ-i-lee; the «u» in busy sounds like «i».

In the corpora

• The garden has a large rose-tree with white roses, and three gardeners are «busily painting them red».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «busily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.