# busily

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #48,642

## Definitions
1. In a busy manner; actively.

## Etymology
From Middle English busily, busiliche, bisili, bisiliche, equivalent to busy + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **busy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busily-vs-busy)
- **busty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busily-vs-busty)
- **bustle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busily-vs-bustle)
- **built** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/built-vs-busily)
- **build** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/build-vs-busily)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bully-vs-busily)
- **basil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basil-vs-busily)
- **bushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-busily)
- **burly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burly-vs-busily)
- **busby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busby-vs-busily)
- **bodily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodily-vs-busily)
- **bubbly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bubbly-vs-busily)
- **busier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busier-vs-busily)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbusily`, `bsuily`, `buisly`, `busilly`, `busilyy`, `busiyl`, `busliy`, `bussily`, `ubsily`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/busily