Busy and Living

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Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

Usage example: the deadline is in two days, so everyone at work has been extremely busy

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Living and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Living" instead an adjective "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Living adjective - Being in effective operation.

Usage example: a living culture that has survived a number of foreign invasions

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Busy and living are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Living".

Nearby Words: live, lived, livable

But while Olive is busy, the boys are beating the living hell out of each other while laughing and causing collateral damage to the living room in the process.

Source: Comic Strip / Popeye
Apparently, he knew what he was saying - because the dads were too busy watching football, the babies covered the living room in chocolate milk and Didi and Betty were pissed when they got back.

Source: The Complainer Is Always Wrong
Humans Advance Swiftly: While Ra's been living the same lifestyle for thousands of years, Humans have been busy.

Source: Film / Stargate

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