Both Uses of
diligent
in
A Room With A View
- and on the river was a boat, also diligently employed for some mysterious end.
Chpt 2 *diligently = conscientiously (with care and hard work)
- He had ascended it, that diligent and rather obscure master, possibly with an eye to business, possibly for the joy of ascending.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(diligent as in: she is diligent) hard work and care in tasks -- often continuing when others might quit because of difficulties