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11industrious — adjective Date: 15th century 1. obsolete skillful, ingenious 2. constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied ; diligent < an industrious worker > Synonyms: see busy • industriously adverb • industriousness …
12industrious — industriously, adv. industriousness, n. /in dus tree euhs/, adj. 1. working energetically and devotedly; hard working; diligent: an industrious person. 2. Obs. skillful. [1525 35; < L industrius diligent, assiduous, OL indostruus, perh. equiv. to …
13industrious — adjective Hard working and persistent; worksome. I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding. See Also: industrial, industry …
14industrious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. active, busy, hardworking; diligent, assiduous, sedulous. See activity. Ant., lazy, indolent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. assiduous, hard working, diligent, enterprising; see active 2 , busy 1 ,… …
15INDUSTRIOUS — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index industrious noun diligence, efficiency adjective diligent, efficient lazy noun laziness, wastrel adje …
16industrious — in|dus|tri|ous [ınˈdʌstriəs] adj someone who is industrious works hard = ↑hard working >industriously adv …
17industrious adj — Farmers are always industrious while industry is always growing …
18industrious — adjective the industrious immigrants who founded our town in 1826 Syn: hard working, diligent, assiduous, conscientious, steady, painstaking, sedulous, persevering, unflagging, untiring, tireless, indefatigable, studious; busy, as busy as a bee,… …
19industrious — [ɪnˈdʌstriəs] adj formal someone who is industrious works very hard …
20industrious — in•dus•tri•ous [[t]ɪnˈdʌs tri əs[/t]] adj. 1) working energetically and devotedly; hard working; diligent: an industrious person[/ex] 2) Obs. skillful • Etymology: 1525–35; < L industrius in•dus′tri•ous•ly, adv. in•dus′tri•ous•ness, n …
