sedulity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sedulity
1535–45; < Latin sēdulitās, equivalent to sēdul ( us ) sedulous + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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He did not write very rapidly; and he corrected, both in MS. and in proof, with the utmost sedulity.
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There is nothing more operative than sedulity and diligence.
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Spohr remained under the care of Dufour until he was twelve years old, and devoted himself to his work with great sedulity.
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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.
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Upton conjectures that Leicester's displeasure was incurred for "some kind of officious sedulity in Spenser, who much desired to see his patron married to the Queen."
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