Sedulously

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Applying constant and enduring effort to a task or course of action; in a sedulous manner.

    "When the neighbours saw Mirbel thus sedulously adorning herself, they quickly discovered that she had ceased to think of her father—that she had ceased to mourn for him."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a sedulous manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vaniloquent vapidity."

Etymology

From sedulous + -ly.

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