Assiduously
[ə'sidʒuəsli]
Definition
(adv.) with care and persistence; 'she worked assiduously on the senior thesis'.
Checker: Patrice--From WordNet
Examples
- But he attended assiduously in his place and learned thoroughly the routine and business of the House. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Having achieved this feat, he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mrs. Hatch's MILIEU was one which he had once assiduously frequented, and now as devoutly shunned. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I visit nowhere; I seek female society about as assiduously as you do, Mr. Malone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No sooner had the truth of this new principle been established than the work to establish it firmly and commercially was carried on more assiduously than ever. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Eva stole away; but after that, she assiduously gave Mammy reading lessons. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Next noontide saw the admirable woman in her usual place in the wine-shop, knitting away assiduously. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She began to learn assiduously. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I caressed Sylvie assiduously. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Georgiana took out her handkerchief and blew her nose for an hour afterwards; Eliza sat cold, impassable, and assiduously industrious. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Checker: Patrice