Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
BUSIEST
BUSY
busy
(adjective) crowded with or characterized by much activity; âa very busy weekâ; âa busy lifeâ; âa busy streetâ; âa busy seaportâ
busy
(adjective) actively or fully engaged or occupied; âbusy with her workâ; âa busy manâ; âtoo busy to eat lunchâ
interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied
(adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; âan interfering old womanâ; âbustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himselfâ; âbusy about other peopleâs businessâ
busy, engaged, in use
(adjective) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (âengagedâ is a British term for a busy telephone line); âher line is busyâ; âreceptionistsâ telephones are always engagedâ; âthe lavatory is in useâ; âkept getting a busy signalâ
busy, fussy
(adjective) overcrowded or cluttered with detail; âa busy paintingâ; âa fussy designâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
busiest
superlative form of busy: most busy
Verb
busiest
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of busy
Anagrams
• besuits, subsite
Source: Wiktionary
BUSY
Bus"y, a. Etym: [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh to be active, busy.]
1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant. Sir, my mistress sends you word THat she is busy, and she can not come. Shak.
2. Constantly at work; diligent; active. Busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak. Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. Addison.
3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street. To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.
4. Officious; meddling; foolish active. On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. Shak.
5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn.
– Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged.
Bus"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied; p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] Etym: [AS. bysgian.]
Definition: To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books. Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBSERVE
(verb) conform oneâs action or practice to; âkeep appointmentsâ; âshe never keeps her promisesâ; âWe kept to the original conditions of the contractâ
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