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busiest

a. (en-superlativebusy)

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busiest

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busy
  1. adj. actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy" [ant: idle]

  2. overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" [syn: fussy]

  3. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busybodied]

  4. crowdedwith or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"

  5. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal" [syn: engaged, in use(p)]

  6. [also: busied, busiest, busier]

busy
  1. v. keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" [syn: occupy]

  2. [also: busied, busiest, busier]

Usage examples of "busiest".

What have the people been about, who have been the busiest in getting money, and in getting power, this century or two?

She clenched her teeth and nodded as two of the town's busiest gossips passed behind her.

After all, this is one of the busiest times of year for you, with the Derby coming up.

For three days, the three busiest of the year, when we might do well out of tolls on carts and pack-horses and man-loads passing through the town to reach the fair, we must levy no charges, neither murage nor pavage.

Walking through the corridors of Deep Space 9 during the busiest part of the station’s day would be a bad idea under the circumstances.

Walking through the corridors during the busiest part of the station’s day would be a bad idea under the circumstances.

The busiest people were the engineers, who were digging holes for all the tanks so that they could fight hull-down, with only their turrets showing.

This had to be the busiest hunk of airspace outside O'Hare, Kemper thought.

If our Yukiyo was as pretty as this one, we'd be the busiest house in town!

On his busiest days he arrived so late he wanted only to soak in a hot bath while I talked with him, and then afterward fall asleep.