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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| busyness, business (nn.) |
| Busyness stresses the vigorous, nonstop activity indicated by the adjective busy: Her busyness as she hurried about the office exhausted me. Business, however, has a long list of specialized and generalized meanings, none of them overlapping with busyness. See BUSINESS. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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