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Definition of Bustlingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustlingly
Literary usage of Bustlingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sevastopol and Other Military Tales by Aylmer Maude, Louise Shanks Maude, Leo Tolstoy (1903)
"The submissive are divided into, («) the calmly submissive, and (fi) the bustlingly
submissive. The domineering are divided into, («) the sternly ..."
2. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"As she spake thus, Miss Wren removed the key of the house-door from. the keyhole
and put it in her pocket, and then bustlingly closed the door, ..."
3. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1860)
"... (a little bustlingly, as usual,) and stood at the office-entrance, talking.
Mr. Irving did not turn, (for obvious reasons,) and Cooper did not see him. ..."
4. Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes by Jane Addams (1910)
"... in the Cook County Infirmary, many of whom I had known in the years when
activity was still a necessity, and when they yet felt bustlingly important. ..."
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