Busy and Rapid

Busy

Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

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

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Rapid

Rapid adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.

Busy and rapid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Rapid".

Nearby Words: rapidly, rapidity

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Star Ocean: Till the End of Time When he's not busy pulverizing mooks with Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs and Sphere of Destruction, he's also the very capable (former) leader of Quark.
  • Set a Mook to Kill a Mook Because of its rapid-fire weapon and high damage rate, the Spider Mastermind is best defeated by using its gun to provoke other enemies, letting them get a few counter-hits in, then attacking the Spider Mastermind while it is busy dealing with the new target.
  • Film / Lost Horizon In the 1973 film, because they're busy helping Maria, who is too weak to walk (in hindsight, she's Rapid Aging) the brothers fall behind the porters and call out to them to stop. Oops.
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