sedulity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sedulity
1535–45; < Latin sēdulitās, equivalent to sēdul ( us ) sedulous + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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There is nothing more operative than sedulity and diligence.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander
To the best of their ability the four strove to shield her without her being able to perceive their sedulity.
From The Unwilling Vestal by White, Edward Lucas
Very few persons practise serious self-examination at all; and none employ the power of self-inspection with that carefulness and sedulity with which they ought.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)
Mr. Murray and Mr. Vandenhoff, with great good taste, attended on Sir Walter Scott's right and left, and we know that he has expressed himself much gratified by their anxious politeness and sedulity.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir
He did not write very rapidly; and he corrected, both in MS. and in proof, with the utmost sedulity.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George
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