assiduity
noun
constant or close application or effort; diligence; industry.
assiduities
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pluralof assiduity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His last moments were solaced by the tender assiduities of his congenial helpmate, of his children, and of his old and long-familiar friends.
From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Louise Manly
I left no stone unturned to be of service to them, without being taken in by their interested assiduities.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Henry Cabot Lodge
What business has he, who can never claim any rights over her, to expose her, by his assiduities, to the coarse gossip of a gaping village?
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
Here there was no obstacle to skill, and here the assiduities of many years in addition to a prompt and ardent genius, set her beyond the hopes of rivalship.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
She at once warmly and fervently attached herself to Mildred, and won her way into our lady's esteem by the most amiable assiduities.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
