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Industriousness

noun
1.
Persevering determination to perform a task.  Synonyms: diligence, industry.  "Frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"






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"Industriousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... everybody was startled by the gay apparition of Osmond Orgreave swinging his cane. Curiosity had been too much for industriousness, and Osmond Orgreave had yielded ...
— Hilda Lessways • Arnold Bennett

... for an expression upon birds, but the prospecting has not been very quasi-satisfactory. I think I rather emphasize our industriousness, because a charge likely to be brought against the attitude of Acceptance is that one who only accepts must be one of languid interest and little application of energy. It doesn't seem to work out: we are very industrious. I suggest to some of our disciples that they look into the matter ...
— The Book of the Damned • Charles Fort



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