assiduity
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Despite his scholarly assiduity, Metcalfe is moving down an errant path that will never square the facts with lived experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
The House gave him a reference stating that he "acted with a very high degree of professionalism. He showed discretion, loyalty, assiduity and efficiency... there were no disciplinary issues affecting him".
From BBC ● May 1, 2018
All it takes is commitment and a little assiduity.
From Time ● Jan. 9, 2016
"There are no trees. The people are unhealthy in appearance - a circumstance which is attributed to their assiduity in pearl diving, which places a severe strain on the human constitution."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2014
And exercising judgement requires a specific set of virtues, the virtues you would hope to find in a jury of your peers: impartiality, assiduity, sincerity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Night and day I will watch and tend you, till the assiduities of my affection weary out the effects of your cruel disease brought on you—O God!—by your grief for me, your worthless Espras.”
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by John Mackay Wilson
Despite their assiduities I was seized with ennui.
From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by Paul P. de La Gironière
Their women did not marry until after they had arrived at the age of maturity, and had become sensible to the assiduities of courtship.
From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton
No doubt as soon as he discovers that it is honest labour and not play that is expected of him he will trouble her with no more of his assiduities.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
But, in spite of this precaution, they could not escape the assiduities of some gay men of fashion, who knew Glenmurray and admired his companion; and Adeline at length suspected that Glenmurray was jealous.
From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Amelia Alderson Opie
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Jane Eyre
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