Antonyms for busyness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : biz-ee-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪz i nɪs

Definition of busyness

Origin : 1849, first attested in Thoreau, from busy (adj.) + -ness. A modern formation made necessary after business evolved away from busy.

As in application : noun hard work

Example sentences :

Tom, standing with hat in hand, was impressed with his busyness.
Extract from : « The Walking Delegate » by Leroy Scott

I shouldn't have called it restlessness so much as busyness.
Extract from : « Lore of Proserpine » by Maurice Hewlett

Add the ordinary impediments of life, and admire my busyness.
Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson

Of course, out of doors the bees do this; their “busyness” materially aiding the gardener.
Extract from : « Small Gardens » by Violet Purton Biddle

I contented myself with the appearance of busyness, and wondered how long it would be before my chief caught me out.
Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions

I have written three pages before I come to my own busyness and feelings.
Extract from : « Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) » by Edward Gibbon

Samarra camp was a swirl of dust after the day's busyness; almost a faery place in the last sunlight.
Extract from : « The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad » by Edward John Thompson

Phillida was framed in the open square, and shook a dustcloth at us by way of greeting and evidence of her busyness.
Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

The men whose devoted lives have made history great have seen in creation's busyness more than aimless shuddering.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Faith » by Harry Emerson Fosdick

There had been the Honeycomb; its busyness still informed by the hotel spirit of "Dwell as if about to depart."
Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck

Synonyms for busyness

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