Both Uses of
diligent
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- "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.†
Chpt 2
- You have been reading the papers diligently of late, have you not?
Chpt 10 *diligently = carefully each day
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