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Diligent

adj

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Adjective

1
Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
"Scientists are very diligent in their work."

Adjective

1
characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks wordnet
2
quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.

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