All 3 Uses of
industrious
in
Great Expectations
- "Mr. and Mrs. Hubble might like to see you in your new gen-teel figure too, Pip," said Joe, industriously cutting his bread, with his cheese on it, in the palm of his left hand, and glancing at my untasted supper as if he thought of the time when we used to compare slices.†
p. 153.1industriously = with hard work
- I can be well recommended by all the neighbors, and I hope I can be industrious and patient, and teach myself while I teach others.†
p. 301.3 *
- Such things as could be said for him were said,—how he had taken to industrious habits, and had thriven lawfully and reputably.†
p. 486.5
Definition:
characterized by a habit of hard work