assiduous

as·sid·u·ous (

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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

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Adj.

assiduous - marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

sedulous

diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"

assiduous

adjective diligent, constant, steady, hard-working, persistent, attentive, persevering, laborious, industrious, indefatigable, studious, unflagging, untiring, swotty (Brit. informal), sedulous, unwearied an assiduous student
lazy, slack, idle, careless, lax, negligent, indolent, inattentive

Translations

assiduous [əˈsɪdjʊəs] ADJ → diligente

assiduous [əˈsɪdjuəs] adj → assidu(e)

assiduous

adj, assiduously

adv → gewissenhaft

assiduous [əˈsɪdjʊəs] adj → assiduo/a

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Assiduate assiduously assiduousness Boswellian busily busy Busyness diligent gongyo hardworking indefatigable indolent industrious intensive laborious painstaking perfunctory persistent sedulous	He had become simply the obedient and assiduous secretary. The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context 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. Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context 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. Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context	assessor Assessorial Assessorship asset asset (intelligence) asset value asset-backed fund asset-stripping assets Assever asseverate asseveration Asseverative asseverator Asseveratory assez asshole Asshur assibilate Assibilation Assidean Assideanism Assident Assiduate assiduity assiduous assiduously assiduousness Assiege Assientist Assiento assiette assign Assignability assignable assignat assignation assigned assigned risk assignee Assigner assigning assignment Assignment of dower assignor Assimilability assimilable assimilate assimilating assimilation assimilationism	Assic Assicurata aggiunta Assicurato Assicurazione Assicurazione contro sinistri Assicurazione generale Assicurazione sul carico Assicurazioni d'Italia Assicurazioni patrimoniali ASSID Assidaean Assidaeans Assidean Assidean Assideanism Assideans Assideans Assident Assideration Assidian assidous ASSIDS assidua Assiduate assiduities assiduities assiduity assiduity assiduous assiduously assiduously assiduousness assiduousness Assiege Assientist Assiento Assiento Assiento assiette ASSIFIG assign assign assign assign assign assign assign assign a duty assign a meaning to assign a time to assign again Assign Alternate Area Assign Alternate Parent assign and display switch initialization Assign Bulk Transfer Assign Call Inhibit Assign Channel Reassignment Assign Commercial Network Assign Common Pool

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He had become simply the obedient and assiduous secretary.

The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

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.

Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context

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.

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

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