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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diligent \Dil"i*gent\, adjective [F. diligent, L. diligens, -entis, p. pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di- = dis- + legere to choose. See {Legend}.]
1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.
The judges shall make diligent inquisition. --Deut. xix. 18.
2. Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. --Prov. xxii. 29.
Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. --Prescott.
Syn: Active; assiduous; sedulous; laborious; persevering; attentive; industrious.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
diligent
adjective
1: quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business" [syn: {persevering}]
2: characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" [ant: {negligent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "diligent": academic, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, ardent, assiduous, attentive, aware, bookish, careful, concentrated, conscientious, conscious, constant, continuing, devoted to studies, dogged, donnish, dryasdust, earnest, elaborate, enduring, energetic, faithful, fervent, finical, finicking, finicky, hard, hard-working, hardworking, heedful, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, insistent, intense, intent, intentive, invincible, laborious, lasting, loyal, mandarin, meticulous, mindful, never idle, never-tiring, nice, niggling, observant, observing, obstinate, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, operose, owlish, painstaking, patient, patient as Job, pedantic, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, professorial, punctilious, rabbinic, rapt, regardful, relentless, resolute, scholarly, scholastic, scrupulous, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, strenuous, stubborn, studious, 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
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