SEDULOUS

sedulous. Sedulous, a. diligent, industrious, laborious

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Sed″u‐lous (?; 135), a. [[L. sedulus, perhaps from sedere to sit, and so akin to E. sit.]] Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee. What signifies the sound of words in prayer, without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end? L'Estrange. Syn. — Assiduous; diligent; industrious; laborious; unremitting; untiring; unwearied; persevering. — Sed″u‐lous‐ly, adv. — Sed″u‐lous‐ness, n.