sedulously
English
Adverb
sedulously (comparative more sedulously, superlative most sedulously)
- Applying constant and enduring effort to a task or course of action; in a sedulous manner.
- 1914 June, James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- We bought some biscuits and chocolate which we ate sedulously as we wandered through the squalid streets where the families of the fishermen lived.
- 1980, William O. Douglas, The Court Years 1939-1972:
- That court would sedulously avoid meeting contentious issues and would sit in resplendent dignity aloof from the issues of the day.
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