Meaning of ASSIDUITY
| Pronunciation: | | `asi'dooitee
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[n] great and constant diligence and attention |
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ASSIDUITY is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | assiduousness, concentration |
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| | See Also: | | diligence, engrossment, industriousness, industry, intentness, singleness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \As`si*du"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Assiduities}. [L.
assiduitas: cf. F. assiduite. See {Assiduous}.]
1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly
to some business or enterprise; diligence.
I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified
myself for a nomenclator. --Addison.
2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually
in the plural.
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| | Related Terms: | | advertence, advertency, alertness, application, ardor, assiduousness, attention, attention span, attentiveness, awareness, bulldog tenacity, care, concentration, consciousness, consideration, constancy, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, ear, earnestness, endurance, energeticalness, energy, engrossment, fervor, fidelity, heed, heedfulness, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistence, insistency, intentiveness, intentness, laboriousness, loyalty, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, observation, obstinacy, pains, painstaking, painstakingness, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, regard, regardfulness, relentlessness, remark, resolution, respect, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, strenuousness, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity, thoroughgoingness, thoroughness, thought, tirelessness, unremittingness, unsparingness, unswerving attention, vehemence, zealousness |
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