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industriousness

industriousness \in*dus"tri*ous*ness\ n. persevering application; habitual and diligent occupation with productive activity.

Syn: diligence, industry.

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industriousness

n. The quality of being industrious; diligence.

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industriousness

n. persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" [syn: diligence, industry]

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.