Sedulous

3 definitions found

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

  Sedulous \Sed"u*lous\ (?; 135), a. [L. sedulus, perhaps from
     sedere to sit, and so akin to E. sit.]
     Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and
     persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object;
     steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.
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           What signifies the sound of words in prayer, without
           the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application
           of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such
           an end?                                  --L'Estrange.
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     Syn: Assiduous; diligent; industrious; laborious;
          unremitting; untiring; unwearied; persevering.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Sed"u*lous*ly}, adv. --
          {Sed"u*lous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sedulous
       adj : marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous
             attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research";
             "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" [syn:
             {assiduous}]

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

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "sedulous":
     active, ardent, assiduous, busy, constant, continuing, diligent,
     dogged, elaborate, enduring, energetic, faithful, fervent, hard,
     hardworking, hustling, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable,
     indomitable, industrious, insistent, invincible, laborious,
     lasting, loyal, never idle, never-tiring, obstinate, operose,
     painstaking, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant,
     persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding,
     plugging, preoccupied, rapt, relentless, resolute, single-minded,
     sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, strenuous,
     stubborn, tenacious, thorough, thoroughgoing, tireless, unabating,
     unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing,
     unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting,
     uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting,
     unsleeping, unsparing, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied,
     unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, vehement, weariless,
     zealous