All 7 Uses of
diligent
in
Bleak House
- —and added this, "Submission, self-denial, diligent work, are the preparations for a life begun with such a shadow on it.†
Chpt 1-3
- I was very retired and quiet, and tried to be very diligent.†
Chpt 1-3
- "The course of study and preparation requires to be diligently pursued," observed my guardian with a glance at Richard.†
Chpt 13-15
- Diligently.†
Chpt 13-15
- He was punctual and diligent;
Chpt 13-15 *diligent = characterized by hard work and care
- Diligent, persevering, steady, acute in business.†
Chpt 37-39
- However, as Caddy's illness had certainly interfered, more or less, with my home duties—though I had always been there in the morning to make my guardian's breakfast, and he had a hundred times laughed and said there must be two little women, for his little woman was never missing—I resolved to be doubly diligent and gay.†
Chpt 49-51
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