Assiduity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assiduity \As`si*du"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Assiduities}. [L.
     assiduitas: cf. F. assiduite. See {Assiduous}.]
     1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly
        to some business or enterprise; diligence.
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              I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified
              myself for a nomenclator.             --Addison.
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     2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually
        in the plural.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  assiduity
       n : great and constant diligence and attention [syn: {assiduousness},
            {concentration}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "assiduity":
     advertence, advertency, alertness, application, ardor,
     assiduousness, attention, attention span, attentiveness, awareness,
     bulldog tenacity, care, concentration, consciousness,
     consideration, constancy, diligence, dogged perseverance,
     doggedness, ear, earnestness, endurance, energeticalness, energy,
     engrossment, fervor, fidelity, heed, heedfulness, indefatigability,
     industriousness, industry, insistence, insistency, intentiveness,
     intentness, laboriousness, loyalty, mindfulness, note, notice,
     observance, observation, obstinacy, pains, painstaking,
     painstakingness, patience, patience of Job, permanence,
     perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness,
     pertinacity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, regard,
     regardfulness, relentlessness, remark, resolution, respect,
     sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose,
     slogging, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness,
     steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, strenuousness, stubbornness,
     tenaciousness, tenacity, thoroughgoingness, thoroughness, thought,
     tirelessness, unremittingness, unsparingness, unswerving attention,
     vehemence, zealousness