Overbusily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Middle English overbisili, equivalent to overbusy + -ly.
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