assiduously C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈsɪdwəsli/ See IPA manual Freq #85695 Meanings 1 adv with care and persistence We worked assiduously on our senior theses. 2 adv In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously. He who had appeared rather assiduously to shun her, whose good opinion she had valued, notwithstanding his seeming indifference to her, had now declared himself, and given proofs of a regard the most unequivocal. Etymology From assiduous + -ly. Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # assiduously **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /əˈsɪdwəsli/ **Frequency rank:** 85695 ## Meanings 1. with care and persistence 2. In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously. ## Examples - We worked assiduously on our senior theses. - He who had appeared rather assiduously to shun her, whose good opinion she had valued, notwithstanding his seeming indifference to her, had now declared himself, and given proofs of a regard the most unequivocal. ## Etymology From assiduous + -ly. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown