Assiduously
constant; unremitting:
assiduous reading.
constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive:
an assiduous student.
Contemporary Examples
He has assiduously courted key figures in the Republican establishment.
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He has taken care of the little guy, assiduously bringing home federal bucks to his impoverished district.
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The assistant principal circles her, arms outstretched as if in a linebacker drill, but assiduously avoiding contact.
So Many Laws, So Little Time Philip K. Howard February 16, 2009
Four UBS traders, including one manager, assiduously worked with other banks to manipulate some LIBORs.
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The 47-year-old Virginian has assiduously created an identity for himself as face of the new Republican guard.
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Historical Examples
What I have mentioned above of their dressing their heads too assiduously, is the case with all the ladies throughout Canada.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime William Henry Atherton
Let this portion of the art be especially and assiduously cultivated.
The Ladies’ Work-Table Book Anonymous
He had a genuine talent for administration, and he devoted this talent most assiduously to selfish ends.
The American Revolution John Fiske
Several thousand mosquitos are assiduously eating the outpost.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 Various
The month of December was assiduously employed in and about the region last mentioned.
Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger Elihu G. Holland
adjective
hard-working; persevering: an assiduous researcher
undertaken with perseverance and care: assiduous editing
adj.
1530s, from Latin assiduus “attending; continually present, incessant; busy; constant,” from assidere “to sit down to,” thus “constantly occupied” at one’s work; from ad “to” (see ad-) + sedere “to sit” (see sedentary). The word acquired a taint of “servility” in 18c. Related: Assiduously; assiduousness.
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