Busily

Examples

• Standing before the dressing-glass was a middle-aged lady, in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their 'back-hair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Legree was there, busily conversing with the two drivers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And busily, in my own mind, I ran over the list of our inmates, seeking this paragon, this pearl of great price, this gem without flaw. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Her grandfather had returned, and was busily engaged in pouring some gallons of newly arrived rum into the square bottles of his square cellaret. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Soon he was busily at work building a working model of his steam-engine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Nancy was busily engaged in preparing breakfast. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She afterwards continued her work, whilst the young man went into the garden, and appeared busily employed in digging and pulling up roots. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She had not much time for repining, however, for the three young girls were busily employed in 'having a good time'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Contemporaneously, he and his force of men were very busily engaged day and night on other important enterprises and inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I had given him leave to find me out if he could, and I guessed that he was busily but vainly employed in the pursuit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, preparatory to a grand entree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• On the pretext of arranging my rooms and waiting on me and taking care of my wardrobe (all of which she did busily), she was never absent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was busily engaged in the little offices of the table. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Equally well remembered is a dangerous encounter with a ram that attacked him while he was busily engaged digging out a bumblebee's nest near an orchard fence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It does so very busily and trimly, looks in again a little while, and so departs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• My aunt and Agnes were there, busily making some little extra comforts, in the way of dress, for the children. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Traddles pretended for a little while to be busily looking among the papers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• At the time when Miss Halcombe's letter reached me I was even more busily occupied than usual. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Come, said Madame, as I stooped more busily than ever over the cutting-out of a child's pinafore, leave that work. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He was very much moved, and shut himself up in the study all day, where I could see through the window that he was writing busily. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Some hopeful notion of seeing her, busily engaged in her daily duties, before she saw me, had been in my mind and was defeated. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In front of it, seated in chairs, as in a garden of public diversion, are a number of women, busily knitting. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• His mother's eyes were bent on her work, at which she was now stitching away busily. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• While Hussey was at work at his reaper, McCormick also was busily engaged with his, and he took his second patent January 31, 1845, No. 3,895. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I shall be very sorry to lose him next year, said Mr. Brooke, busily punching holes in the turf. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was busily engaged; or so he said. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Building on, building on, busily, busily, from morning to night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Margaret and Mr. Lennox strolled along the little terrace-walk under the south wall, where the bees still hummed and worked busily in their hives. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She was affecting to write busily one Saturday afternoon, when she and Beth were alone together. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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