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/əˈsɪdjuːəs/ · adjective
Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious..
He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.
He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.
A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.
The most recent attempt to contact Pioneer 10 was on 6-7 February 2003. But in this case, the Madrid station got conclusively null results after an assiduous search.
Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.
“Asteroid City,” the latest from Wes Anderson, is filled with the assiduous visuals, mythic faces and charming curiosities that you expect from this singular filmmaker.
Use assiduous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Assiduous means Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious..
Common synonyms include meticulous, diligent, sedulous, assiduous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.
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