All 3 Uses
diligent
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Gone with the Wind
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- Ellen ate diligently, but Scarlett could see that she was too tired to know what she was eating.†
Chpt 1.4diligently = with hard work and care
- For Carreen picked diligently and earnestly.†
Chpt 3.26
- where Ellen had labored so diligently
Chpt 3.27 *diligently = carefully and persistently
Definitions:
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(diligent as in: she is diligent) working carefully and steadily with effort and attention to detail
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More specifically in law, diligence or due diligence refers to the care or attention expected by the law in doing something such as fulfilling the terms of a contract.
More rarely, but sometimes seen in classic literature, a diligence is a public stagecoach.