Antonyms for assiduous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-sij-oo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɪdʒ u əs

Definition of assiduous

Origin : 1530s, from Latin assiduus "attending; continually present, incessant; busy; constant," from assidere "to sit down to," thus "constantly occupied" at one's work; from ad "to" (see ad-) + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). The word acquired a taint of "servility" in 18c. Related: Assiduously; assiduousness.

adj hard-working

Example sentences :

Madame Raquin was singularly touched at the assiduous care they took of her.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

I think Samoval is becoming too attentive and too assiduous.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

She was as pleasant as her husband, and I paid her an assiduous court.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Bellon was an assiduous hackney writer and translator of the day.
Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn » by Aphra Behn

William Pyncheon had also a slave who was "assiduous in hangeing."
Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle

Given these things, the rest is merely a question of long and assiduous practice.
Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford

Clinton, the dumb boy, attended him with the most assiduous care.
Extract from : « City Crimes » by Greenhorn

Here, as there, her life was spent in assiduous work from sunrise to sunset.
Extract from : « The Little Russian Servant » by Henri Greville

Here they made a great change for the better by their assiduous industry.
Extract from : « Pascal » by John Tulloch

No man so zealous for, or assiduous in, a man's business as himself.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

Synonyms for assiduous

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