Assiduous - What does it mean?
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Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
* 1831 , , The Surgeon's Daughter , ch. 2:
* 1880 , , Washington Square , ch. 33:
* 1917 , , "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories :
* 2009 , Will Pavia , "
The difference between assiduous and is:
assiduous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.
- He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.
- A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.
Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77," The Times (UK), 6 July:
- Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.