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 6
- 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 9
- 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 12
- 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 13
- 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 16
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