All 3 Uses of
diligent
in
Jane Eyre
- I never saw a busier person than she seemed to be; yet it was difficult to say what she did: or rather, to discover any result of her diligence.†
Chpt 21 *
- I watch your career with interest, because I consider you a specimen of a diligent, orderly, energetic woman: not because I deeply compassionate what you have gone through, or what you still suffer.†
Chpt 32
- Jane, you are docile, diligent, disinterested, faithful, constant, and courageous; very gentle, and very heroic: cease to mistrust yourself — I can trust you unreservedly.†
Chpt 34
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