assiduity
Americannoun
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assiduities
plural
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constant or close application or effort; diligence; industry.
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assiduities, devoted or solicitous attentions.
noun
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constant and close application
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(often plural) devoted attention
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of assiduity
From the Latin word assiduitās, dating back to 1595–1605. See assiduous, -ity
Explanation
When you do something with assiduity, you really focus your attention on it. If you work with assiduity on a research paper, you're sure to get an A. If you've ever watched professional tennis, you've seen players focus with assiduity on their game. Diligent students, serious chess players, and successful businessmen all make great use of their assiduity to get what they want and do their best work. The noun assiduity has been around since the fifteenth century, and it comes from the Latin assiduatem, or "continual presence."
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Despite his scholarly assiduity, Metcalfe is moving down an errant path that will never square the facts with lived experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
The House gave him a reference stating that he "acted with a very high degree of professionalism. He showed discretion, loyalty, assiduity and efficiency... there were no disciplinary issues affecting him".
From BBC ● May 1, 2018
All it takes is commitment and a little assiduity.
From Time ● Jan. 9, 2016
"There are no trees. The people are unhealthy in appearance - a circumstance which is attributed to their assiduity in pearl diving, which places a severe strain on the human constitution."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2014
“Be firm, Herbert,” I would retort, plying my own pen with great assiduity.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Despite their assiduities I was seized with ennui.
From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by Paul P. de La Gironière
Mr. Larkin's assiduities and flatteries were, in truth, telling upon Lord Verney, with whom he was stealing into a general confidence which alarmed many people, and which Cleve Verney hated more than ever.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
And such, no doubt, if meant as attentions to herself, would have been many humble assiduities, which, for Caroline's sake, he willingly paid her ladyship.
From Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) by Margracia Loudon
If father and mother possess æsthetic sensibilities, these are offended probably by the plainness and the lack of graces in their offspring—bye-products merely of their economic assiduities.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
For his sake dowagers mince in white and silver, and at times he has to take to his bed to protect himself from their assiduities.'
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
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