the state of being active; " his sphere of activity"; " he is out of action"

the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; " the level of activity declines with age"

( chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; " catalytic activity"

an organic process that takes place in the body; " respiratory activity"

any specific activity; " they avoided all recreational activity"

a process existing in or produced by nature ( rather than by the intent of human beings); " the action of natural forces"; " volcanic activity"

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.

Activeness.

Energy; quickness in doing; the quality of doing promptly.

Quality of being active; agility; operation.

The quality of being active; action.

Nimbleness; the habit of diligence.

She has stirred young girls towards the wide activity of life. – Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlof

At length, hearing those below utter a cry of dismay, he awoke to sudden activity. – Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman

In every field of thought and activity monasticism wrought good and evil. – A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart

The year opened with promise of greater activity and higher public honours than Raleigh had yet displayed and enjoyed. – Raleigh by Edmund Gosse

Pamela was startled, but she was startled into activity. – The Truants by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

We must think next of how to employ that mental activity which, rightly developed, is one of the most valuable qualities that you possess. – The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins

It was the still that comes with activity suspended. – Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield

The country was getting ready for the activity which followed. – The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson

It was the final activity of Night Riders in that community. – Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

Just now there was unusual activity about the grounds. – The-Circus-Boys-on-the-Flying-Rings-or-Making-the-Start-in-the-Sawdust-Life by Darlington, Edgar B. P.

They never required me to buy a ticket to any school activity. – The-Life-of-Me-an-autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

Some field of activity and happiness he will doubtless find, in due measure to his capacity for being active and happy. – The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10) by Edith Wharton

" I have reason to believe," said the Professor, " that my position here will prove to be only a stepping- stone to some wider scene of scientific activity. – Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life by Arthur Conan Doyle

Much activity is manifested on our front. – Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard Glazier

Enough has been quoted from these letters to show the extraordinary mental activity of the man. – The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Walter Besant

In Holland there was a yet more wide- spread activity. – The Book of Art for Young People by Agnes Conway Sir Martin Conway

In the meantime the squid had awakened to furious activity. – The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Various

That same hour had seen intense activity in another quarter. – The Master Mystery by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey

Believe it, when the soul is out of the body it is a most pure activity, all sense, all knowledge. – The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Much of this effect may be produced by an unconscious activity which Coleridge recognised as a part of the activity of genius. – Personality in Literature by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James