Sample Sentences for
assiduous
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    They were all too assiduously engaged to talk to us as we passed.  (source)
    assiduously = diligently (marked by care and persistent effort)
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    'I'm sorry for it, Miss Catherine,' was my response; and I proceeded assiduously with my occupation.  (source)
    assiduously = diligently (with care and persistent effort)
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    I have been working very hard lately, because I want to keep up with Jonathan's studies, and I have been practising shorthand very assiduously.  (source)
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    This is the weapon he has been seeking so assiduously since his return:  (source)
    assiduously = carefully and persistently
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    How maybe if she was assiduous she could free us both.  (source)
    assiduous = diligent (careful and persistent)
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    Hence his indignation, his fervour, his assiduousness, his laborious petitions and committees; and above all, his desire to believe her innocent.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    Behind his back the door opens: his breakfast is making its entrance. Assiduously he dips his pen. ... "Just set it on the table, will you?" he says, without turning.  (source)
    Assiduously = diligently (with care and persistent effort)
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    He scarcely ever spoke to her, and the assiduous attentions which he had been so sensible of himself were transferred for the rest of the day to Miss Lucas, whose civility in listening to him was a seasonable relief to them all, and especially to her friend.†  (source)
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    Here, success was not an honor, nor privation a dishonor; the Lord assiduously threw up tests and kept score based solely on faith.  (source)
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    , with assiduous celerity.†  (source)
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    The man was toiling assiduously, bending conduits around a beam.  (source)
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    I must strive to be more assiduous about consulting it.†  (source)
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    He guarded his flock assiduously, researched every mission with complete thoroughness, gathered the intel, checked the maps, charts, photographs, all reconnaissance.  (source)
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