Meaning of ASSIDUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | u'sijoous
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| | Definition: | | [adj] marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" |
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| | Synonyms: | | diligent, sedulous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \As*sid"u*ous\, a. [L. assiduus, fr. assid?re to sit
near or close; ad + sed[=e]re to sit. See {Sit}.]
1. Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive;
unremitting.
She grows more assiduous in her attendance.
--Addison.
2. Performed with constant diligence or attention;
unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor.
To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton.
Syn: Diligent; attentive; sedulous; unwearied; unintermitted;
persevering; laborious; indefatigable.
{As*sid"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {As*sid"u*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, ardent, attentive, aware, careful, concentrated, conscious, constant, continuing, diligent, dogged, earnest, elaborate, enduring, energetic, faithful, fervent, finical, finicking, finicky, hard, hardworking, heedful, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, insistent, intense, intent, intentive, invincible, laborious, lasting, loyal, meticulous, mindful, never idle, never-tiring, nice, niggling, observant, observing, obstinate, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, operose, painstaking, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, rapt, regardful, relentless, resolute, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, strenuous, stubborn, tenacious, thorough, thoroughgoing, tireless, unabating, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unsparing, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, vehement, watchful, weariless, zealous |
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