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1 —1 use as in:
she is diligent
Definition
hard work and care in tasks — often continuing when others might quit because of difficulties
- You have been reading the papers diligently of late, have you not?Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (5% in)
diligently = carefully each day
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- "Eight weeks passed away like this, and I had written about Abbots and Archery and Armour and Architecture and Attica, and hoped with diligence that I might get on to the B's before very long.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (41% in)
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