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assiduous

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as·sid·u·ous  (-sj-s)
adj.
1. Constant in application or attention; diligent: an assiduous worker who strove for perfection. See Synonyms at busy.
2. Unceasing; persistent: assiduous research.

[From Latin assiduus, from assidre, to attend to : ad-, ad- + sedre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

as·sidu·ous·ly adv.
as·sidu·ous·ness n.

assiduous [əˈsɪdjʊəs]
adj
1. hard-working; persevering an assiduous researcher
2. undertaken with perseverance and care assiduous editing
[from Latin assiduus sitting down to (something), from assidēre to sit beside, from sedēre to sit]
assiduously  adv
assiduousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.assiduous - marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"
diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"

assiduous
Translations
assiduous [əˈsɪdjʊəs] ADJdiligente
assiduous [əˈsɪdjuəs] adjassidu(e)
assiduous
adj, assiduously
advgewissenhaft
assiduous [əˈsɪdjʊəs] adjassiduo/a
assiduous [əˈsɪdjʊəs] adjassiduo/a


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He had become simply the obedient and assiduous secretary.
The selfish sagacity of the latter, which had at first drawn Robert into the scrape, was the principal instrument of his deliverance from it; for her respectful humility, assiduous attentions, and endless flatteries, as soon as the smallest opening was given for their exercise, reconciled Mrs.
The assiduous merchant, the laborious husbandman, the active mechanic, and the industrious manufacturer, -- all orders of men, look forward with eager expectation and growing alacrity to this pleasing reward of their toils.
 
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