'Sedulous' definitions:
Definition of 'sedulous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" [syn: assiduous, sedulous]
Definition of 'Sedulous'
From: GCIDE
- Sedulous \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Assiduous; diligent; industrious; laborious; unremitting; untiring; unwearied; persevering. [1913 Webster] -- {Sed"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Sed"u*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sedulous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- busy,
- constant,
- continuing,
- diligent,
- dogged,
- elaborate,
- enduring,
- energetic,
- faithful,
- fervent,
- hard,
- hardworking,
- hustling,
- immutable,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- insistent,
- invincible,
- laborious,
- lasting,
- loyal,
- never idle,
- never-tiring,
- obstinate,
- operose,
- painstaking,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- permanent,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupied,
- rapt,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- stable,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- strenuous,
- stubborn,
- tenacious,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- tireless,
- unabating,
- unconquerable,
- undaunted,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unsleeping,
- unsparing,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- utterly attentive,
- vehement,
- weariless,
- zealous