Sed·u·lous a. 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.
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.
Syn: -- Assiduous; diligent; industrious; laborious; unremitting; untiring; unwearied; persevering.
-- Sed*u*lous*ly, adv. -- Sed*u*lous*ness, n.
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sedulousness
n : the quality of constantly diligent and attentive [syn: sedulity]