busier

UK/ˈbɪziə/US/ˈbɪziɚ/

adjectiveA2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,265 of 15,258neutral

Busier means having more to do than before. Busier than ever, a busier week, getting busier.

It is the comparative of busy, with the y turning to i as it does in happier and easier. Being busy has become a way of signalling status, which is a reversal — leisure was the old marker of importance. Note the spelling of busy, which keeps a u nobody pronounces.

Definitions of busier

1adjectivebusierHaving more to do than before.A2+
“The shop has been much busier since the new station opened next door.”

busier is a comparison of activity.

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busier in the wild

With annual average daily traffic of 37,200 in 2007, it is one of the busier streets in Hobart.
Davey Street
Broxden Junction (also known as Broxden Roundabout or Broxden Interchange) is one of the busier and more important road junctions in Scotland.
Broxden Junction
The services to Manchester are significantly busier than those to Kirkby.
Orrell railway station
Rarely, jurisdictions differentiate major and minor collector roads, the former being generally wider and busier.
Collector road
After their releases, the band members became busier with their other projects, and Black Swan Network appears to be on permanent hiatus.
Black Swan Network

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