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industriously

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in·dus·tri·ous  (n-dstr-s)
adj.
1. Assiduous in work or study; diligent. See Synonyms at busy.
2. Obsolete Skillful; clever.
in·dustri·ous·ly adv.
in·dustri·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.industriously - in an industrious manner; "they hoed up weeds industriously all morning"
Translations
industriously [ɪnˈdʌstrɪəslɪ] ADV [work] → laboriosamente; [study] → con aplicación
industriously [ɪnˈdʌstrɪəslɪ] adv → diligentemente
industriously [ɪnˈdʌstrɪəslɪ] adv → diligentemente


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A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
On the very chair which I used to occupy when I was at work Marian was sitting now, with the child industriously sucking his coral upon her lap--while Laura was standing by the well-remembered drawing-table which I had so often used, with the little album that I had filled for her in past times open under her hand.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
She had to destroy all the hopes which she had been so industriously feedingto appear in the ungracious character of the one preferred and acknowledge herself grossly mistaken and misjudging in all her ideas on one subject, all her observations, all her convictions, all her prophecies for the last six weeks.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
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