 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
assiduous
adjective: marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous
attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research";
"sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" [syn:
{sedulous}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assiduous \As*sid"u*ous\, adjective [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}, adverb --
{As*sid"u*ous*ness}, noun
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "assiduous":
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
|
