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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dil-i-juhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪl ɪ dʒənt |
Definition of diligent
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French diligent (14c.), from Latin diligentem "attentive, assiduous" (see diligence). Related: Diligently.
- adj persevering, hard-working
- She was "diligent in business," but this did not preclude her being "fervent in spirit."
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Of what is know as Elizabethean literature he has been a diligent student.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- Thus shall I be diligent to serve your Wisdoms in all humility.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Diligent enquiry there, in likely and unlikely places, proved fruitless.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- He afterwards put himself to a trade, was diligent, and succeeded in it.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Application and perseverance, and the diligent improvement of opportunities, will do the rest.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- It matters not though a youth be slow, if he be but diligent.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Well, so he did, and was as diligent in his business as most of them could be.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- All the heads were now bent over the work in diligent silence.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
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