- plural of assiduity.
assiduities
Example Sentences
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For his sake dowagers mince in white and silver, and at times he has to take to his bed to protect himself from their assiduities.'
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
It is little attentions and assiduities that sweeten the bitter draught and smooth the rugged road.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
Yet, that she might not weary and utterly repulse the notary's passion, the creole seemed sometimes touched by his assiduities, and flattered by the control which she exercised over him.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Eugène Sue
Your best chance would be to double your assiduities to Miss Alscrip.
From The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts by John Burgoyne
Here there was no obstacle to skill, and here the assiduities of many years in addition to a prompt and ardent genius, set her beyond the hopes of rivalship.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
