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diligently
[ dil-i-juhnt-lee ]
adverb
- with conscientious and persistent effort or attention:
The information on this website has been carefully researched and diligently compiled.
Other Words From
- non·dil·i·gent·ly adverb
- o·ver·dil·i·gent·ly adverb
- pre·dil·i·gent·ly adverb
- un·dil·i·gent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of diligently1
Example Sentences
All the while, Lurie was diligently, but privately making paintings.
Meanwhile, the international press stayed diligently silent.
They perform as God made them to, diligently pumping out future patriots at 13-month intervals.
The old-guard journalists who dismiss her as a blogueuse have no idea how diligently Riahi trained herself as a journalist.
The Republicans all waited to eat their cheesecake while diligently devouring their greens.
He had looked diligently into the transactions of the house for many years past, and the investigation was most satisfactory.
The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.
Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.
At this moment her mother seemed as if she were about to rise from her chair, and the sisters resumed their work diligently.
Deacon Pettybone was a busy man, organizing the forces of the Baptists, and seeking diligently to round up the votes of neutrals.
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