All 9 Uses of
diligent
in
The Swiss Family Robinson
- let us search diligently, but as quietly as possible.
Chpt 2 *diligently = with hard work and care
- 'You are a good, sensible, kind wife,' I exclaimed, delighted with her plan, 'and we shall work with the greater diligence, that you may return as soon as possible to your dear Falconhurst.'†
Chpt 6diligence = hard work and care
- Think what delicious dinners I shall be able to cook for you, and give me credit for my diligence.'†
Chpt 6
- On the tenth day, as our persevering blows were falling heavily, Jack, who was working diligently with a hammer and crowbar, shouted: 'Gone, father!†
Chpt 9diligently = with hard work and care
- We were all on board in a moment; and the worthy fellow, after vainly attempting to dive, set himself diligently to swim right forwards, towing us comfortably after him.†
Chpt 11
- After dinner we set to work upon our pigs, singeing and scalding off the bristles; I cut out the hams, divided the flitches, bestowed considerable portions of the carcase on the dogs, and diligently cleansed and salted the meat, while the boys prepared a shed, where it was to be hung to be cured in the smoke of fires of green wood.†
Chpt 12
- I praised the thoughtful diligence which had effected so much that was of real and definite use.†
Chpt 12diligence = hard work and care
- We had been working very diligently; the bears' meat was smoked, the fat melted down and stored, and a large supply of bamboos collected.†
Chpt 13diligently = with hard work and care
- We awoke at daybreak, and after breakfasting a la fourchette*, we repaired in haste with nets, scrapers and all other requisites, to the oyster-beds, where we worked with such diligence and success that in the course of two days we had an immense pile of shells built up like a stack on the beach, and left to decay.†
Chpt 16diligence = hard work and care
Definitions:
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(1)
(diligent as in: she is diligent) hard work and care in tasks -- often continuing when others might quit because of difficulties
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(2)
(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.