IN BRIEF: The state of being engaged in work or a task.

Rosa's day was filled with the busyness of business.

Tutor's tip: My "business" (work or activity) involves a lot of "busyness" (state of being busy).

Quotes:

"Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable." - Kin Hubbard

"A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower." - Kin Hubbard

"No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable." - Walter Savage Landor

"The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further." - Sir Heneage Ogilvie

"The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest." - French Proverb

"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?" - Henry David Thoreau

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