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sedulously

sedulously adverb: applying constant and enduring effort to a task or course of action; in a sedulous manner.

Adverb

sedulously (comparative more sedulously, superlative most sedulously)

  1. Applying constant and enduring effort to a task or course of action; in a sedulous manner.
    • When the neighbours saw Mirbel thus sedulously adorning herself, they quickly discovered that she had ceased to think of her father—that she had ceased to mourn for him.1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 15
    • We bought some biscuits and chocolate which we ate sedulously as we wandered through the squalid streets where the families of the fishermen live.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 27

Forms of sedulously

comparativemore sedulously
superlativemost sedulously

Origin of sedulously

From sedulous + -ly.

Questions about sedulously

What does sedulously mean?
Sedulously means applying constant and enduring effort to a task or course of action; in a sedulous manner.
What part of speech is sedulously?
Sedulously is an adverb.

Words near sedulously in the dictionary

  1. sedule
  2. sedules
  3. sedulities
  4. sedulity
  5. sedulous
  6. sedulously
  7. sedulousness
  8. sedum
  9. sedums
  10. Sedwick
  11. Sedwicks

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