assiduously

Definition

In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.

Etymology

From assiduous + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "They were all too assiduously engaged to talk to us as we passed."
• "There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker arm-chairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had also emerged some Indian clubs,[…]; and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished."