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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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