All 4 Uses
diligent
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
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- the necessity of recognizing this relation outwardly and of perfecting herself in the forms required to express the recognition, had moved her to such diligence and faithfulness in practicing these forms that this exercise soon concreted itself into habit;†
Chpt 4diligence = hard work and care
- And then he kept diligently saying to himself all the time: "It's for only a year.†
Chpt 16diligently = with hard work and care
- Besides, it had been diligently whispered around that it was curious—indeed, VERY curious—that that wonderful knife of theirs did not turn up—IF it was so valuable, or IF it had ever existed.†
Chpt 17
- For with all his tireless diligence he had discovered no sign or trace of the...
Chpt 20 *diligence = hard work and care
Definitions:
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(1)
(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.