All 5 Uses of
industrious
in
David Copperfield
- The three young women, who appeared to be very industrious and comfortable, raised their heads to look at me, and then went on with their work.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- 'Oh, what ugly wrinkles in my bad boy's forehead!' said Dora, and still being on my knee, she traced them with her pencil; putting it to her rosy lips to make it mark blacker, and working at my forehead with a quaint little mockery of being industrious, that quite delighted me in spite of myself.†
Chpt 43-45
- 'I want to have something to do with all those many hours when you are so industrious.†
Chpt 43-45
- 'No better opening anywhere,' said my aunt, 'for a man who conducts himself well, and is industrious.'†
Chpt 52-54
- 'For a man who conducts himself well,' repeated Mrs. Micawber, with her clearest business manner, 'and is industrious.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(industrious) characterized by a habit of hard work