Adjective

(en adjective)

Having purpose; intentional.

Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.

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, year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight. }}

Adjective

(en adjective)

Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

* 1831 , , The Surgeon's Daughter , ch. 2:

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.

* 1880 , , Washington Square , ch. 33:

He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.

* 1917 , , "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories :

A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.

* 2009 , Will Pavia , " 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.