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diligently

/ˈdɪlɪd͡ʒ(ə)ntli//ˈdɪləd͡ʒən(t)li/

diligently adverb: in a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully.

diligently: in a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully
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Adverb

diligently (comparative more diligently, superlative most diligently)

  1. In a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully.
    • Instead, empty bags were folded diligently into the corners of underpacked suitcases, waiting to be jammed full with the familiar objects of home.2001 March 25, Eve Schaenen, “Changing Face Of Home”, in The New York Times

diligently meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

diligently in Hindi

लगन से

diligently in Tamil

கைப்பொறுப்பாய், அறக்கப்பறக்க

diligently in Urdu

محنت سے

diligently in Malayalam

ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ, അദ്ധ്വാനശീലം, ചുറുചുറുക്ക്‌, ശുഷ്‌കാന്തി, പരിശ്രമം, ജാഗ്രത
More languagesFewer languages
diligently in Gujarati
ખંતપૂર્વક, ખંતથી
diligently in Arabic
بِجِدّ bi-jidd

Examples of diligently in a sentence

  • Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.
  • After considering them diligently, one and all, he stood silent and his face grew pale.
  • We must, of course, diligently and timeously pursue every avenue of investigation occurring in Gzilt space.

All 20 example sentences with diligently

Forms of diligently

comparativemore diligently
superlativemost diligently

Origin of diligently

From diligent + -ly.

Questions about diligently

What does diligently mean?
Diligently means in a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully.
What is diligently in Hindi?
Diligently in Hindi is लगन से. See Diligently meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is diligently?
Diligently is an adverb.
How do you pronounce diligently?
Diligently is pronounced /ˈdɪlɪd͡ʒ(ə)ntli/ (UK).

Words near diligently in the dictionary

  1. diligence
  2. diligences
  3. diligencies
  4. diligency
  5. diligent
  6. diligently
  7. diligentness
  8. Dilijan
  9. dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine
  10. dilipopeptide
  11. dilipopeptides

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: diligently (page history and authors); diligently (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diligently (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diligently (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diligently (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diligently (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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