busyness

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busyness

/ˈbɪz.i.nɪs/ UK
/ˈbɪz.i.nəs/ US
/bɪˈziː.nɛs/ South Asia

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From busy + -ness; the ⟨y⟩ (-y) is kept to distinguish from business (of which it is a doublet), which is derived from the same two morphemes but by regular spelling rules.

noun busy-ness · busynesse

uncountable The state of being busy. 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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@misc{busyness_2026,
  title = {busyness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/busyness},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}