adj. Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Diligent in application or in the pursuit of an object; constant, steady, and persevering; steadily industrious; assiduous.
Synonyms See assiduity.
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adj. marked by care and persistent effort
Word Usage
"It had been her care which provided me a companion in Clerval -- and yet a man is blind to a thousand minute circumstances, which call forth a woman's sedulous attention."