All 3 Uses of
diligent
in
The Remains of the Day
- He had arrived in the sort of clothes one often sees continental gentlemen wearing on their holidays, and indeed, throughout his stay, he was to maintain diligently the appearance of having come to Darlington Hall entirely for pleasure and friendship.†
Chpt 2m -
- I was quite prepared to forgive the couple, however, for it was clear they were of diligent hard-working habits, and the noise, I am sure, was all attributable to this fact.
Chpt 3m - *diligent = hard work and care
- For instance, although she continued to discharge her professional duties with all her usual diligence, her general mood tended to undergo swings of a sort I had hitherto never witnessed.†
Chpt 3e -
Definition:
-
(diligent as in: she is diligent) hard work and care in tasks -- often continuing when others might quit because of difficulties