sedulous
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Diligent in application or in the pursuit of an object; constant, steady, and persevering; steadily industrious; assiduous.
Examples
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It had been her care which provided me a companion in Clerval -- and yet a man is blind to a thousand minute circumstances, which call forth a woman's sedulous attention.
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James's executor was Alice James, the wife of Henry's older brother, the philosopher William James, and the woman who had nursed him with sedulous care through his last illness.
Joseph Epstein, 'The Afterlife of the Lion,' The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2012
Note
This word comes from the Latin 'sedulo,' zealously.
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