assiduously
Americanadverb
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with careful and consistent effort; diligently or tirelessly.
The Department of Health is still working assiduously with the schools to prevent further spread of the disease.
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constantly; ceaselessly.
He referred to the boys assiduously as “gentlemen.”
Other Word Forms
- unassiduously adverb
Etymology
Origin of assiduously
Example Sentences
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Barabak: You’re having me tiptoe uncomfortably close to the Make A Prediction Zone, which I assiduously avoid.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
The comments prompted an outraged Gisèle to exit the courtroom mid-session for only the second time in the trial, which she otherwise followed assiduously – as she is expected to do again next week.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
The video was the latest in many reports published by Navalnaya in the months after her husband’s death, which she promised to assiduously investigate as part of an effort to prove Kremlin complicity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025
As Judge Nelson observed, the two chains have assiduously competed with each other for years, tracking each others’ prices in an effort to seize market share.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
He found nothing noble in interpreting people’s maladies, assiduously translating the symptoms of so many swollen bones, countless cramps of bellies and bowels, spots on people’s palms that changed color, shape, or size.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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