Synonyms of busily

busily

adverb

as in actively

in a manner involving great or constant activity

the deadline is in two days, so everyone in the department has been working busily

Synonyms & Similar Words

• actively
• diligently
• vigorously
• industriously
• laboriously
• assiduously
• energetically
• tirelessly
• indefatigably

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idly
• sleepily
• inactively
• lifelessly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of busily

On a Sunday morning in May, 25 mph winds from the northwest assailed the Tangier coast, driving waves that busily excavated the brick and cinderblock remnants of an old structure, possibly a house. — John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026

Since then, his new boss Matt Brittin, the permanent DG, has been busily enacting the £500M savings plan, a tricky task in the funding climate. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026

Canadian producers are already busily shooting short mini-series with bite-sized content in 60-90 second shots in Toronto, Vancouver and production hubs elsewhere across the country. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026

Throughout the early 1960s, under the direction of Noyes, IBM was busily visualizing the coming information age, seeking to give computers a cultural form that would be legible to the public. — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Further in the back, though, cheerful yellow walls surround a takeout counter where staff busily pack up orders of Laotian food for delivery and walk-in customers. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Alabama has been busily demonstrating that the reverse is true, following a string of hideous botched lethal injection executions with a series of no less gruesome executions with nitrogen suffocation. — Maya Foa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Behind the bar, yeast busily converted sugars into alcohol inside giant stainless steel fermentation tanks. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026

Concepción López Villegas was busily preparing her seaside restaurant for what may come. — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026