Crossword clues for industriousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
industriousness
industriousness \in*dus"tri*ous*ness\ n. persevering application; habitual and diligent occupation with productive activity.
Syn: diligence, industry.
Wiktionary
industriousness
n. The quality of being industrious; diligence.
WordNet
Usage examples of "industriousness".
First I laid his hostility by assuring him that unlike his wife and some other of his critics I did not regard him as a hopeless flunker, but rather admired what evidence I'd seen of his magnanimity, industriousness, efficiency, and ingenuity.
Isabel Angeles, for all her bright, cheap clothing and excessive makeup, had behind her a tradition of industriousness and upward mobility that might help her to secure a better place in the world than Madeline Dawson could aspire to.