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How to pronounce assiduous

IPA transcription: [ə'sɪdwəs]

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Adjective

  • marked by care and persistent effort

    “her assiduous attempts to learn French”

    “assiduous research”

    “sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles”

Usage examples

  • He was also working assiduously at his writing during this time.
  • He also composed assiduously.
  • He had really some touch of genius, and he cultivated it assiduously.
  • Cavigini is sly, careful, and flatteringly assiduous.
  • Crassus assiduously befriended Licinia, a Vestal Virgin, whose valuable property he coveted.
  • The Grand Duke assiduously enlarged the navy.