busyness

See also: busy-ness

English

Etymology

From busy +‎ -ness. Compare business.

Noun

busyness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being busy.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 17 (ii),
      She moved back to the table, and her busyness expressed her purpose but also perhaps hid some sort of regret at the news.
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