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Synonyms for sedulous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sej-uh-luhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛdʒ ə ləs

Définition of sedulous

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin sedulus "attentive, painstaking, diligent, busy, zealous," probably from sedulo (adv.) "sincerely, diligently," from sedolo "without deception or guile," from se- "without, apart" (see secret) + dolo, ablative of dolus "deception, guile," cognate with Greek dolos "ruse, snare." Related: Sedulously; sedulousness.
  • adj assiduous
Example sentences :
  • But if these gallants were sedulous, she was correspondingly indifferent.
  • Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham
  • But there is nothing young in this sedulous suppression of toil.
  • Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
  • She wondered what sort of herbs they were, which the old man was so sedulous to gather.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Letter » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "Will you kindly leave the room," he said to the sedulous Mary.
  • Extract from : « Cripps, the Carrier » by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
  • He was, however, not often aware of this sedulous espionage.
  • Extract from : « The Destroying Angel » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • In this catastrophe her lordly lover was of course the most sedulous of attendants.
  • Extract from : « The Landleaguers » by Anthony Trollope
  • Together with the greenbottles, she is sedulous in her attendance on my pans.
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Fly » by J. Henri Fabre
  • Some of them may have been millionaires; others were certainly no more than their sedulous apes.
  • Extract from : « The Trimmed Lamp » by O. Henry
  • Never was such a sedulous mistress of languages as Henrietta Ponsonby.
  • Extract from : « Sketches » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • They have been sedulous and invaluable in checking enemy propaganda.
  • Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell

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