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.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
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."
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
Spohr remained under the care of Dufour until he was twelve years old, and devoted himself to his work with great sedulity.
From Great Violinists And Pianists by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
Nor would he have scrupled a moment desiring him to leave the room, had he not prudently determined to guard with the utmost sedulity against raising any suspicions of his passion for Cecilia.
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
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 Sir Walter Scott
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