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  • 11industrious — 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 …

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  • 12industrious — adjective Hard working and persistent; worksome. I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding. See Also: industrial, industry …

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  • 13industrious — 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 ,&#8230; …

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  • 14INDUSTRIOUS — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index industrious noun diligence, efficiency adjective diligent, efficient lazy noun laziness, wastrel adje …

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  • 15industrious — in|dus|tri|ous [ınˈdʌstriəs] adj someone who is industrious works hard = ↑hard working &GT;industriously adv …

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  • 16industrious — 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,&#8230; …

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  • 17industrious — [ɪnˈdʌstriəs] adj formal someone who is industrious works very hard …

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  • 18industrious — 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; &LT; L industrius in•dus′tri•ous•ly, adv. in•dus′tri•ous•ness, n …

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  • 19industrious — /ɪnˈdʌstriəs / (say in dustreeuhs) adjective hardworking; diligent: an industrious person. {Latin industriōsus diligent} –industriously, adverb –industriousness, noun …

  • 20Industrious Revolution — The Industrious Revolution is the title given to a period of time, usually given as between 1600 and 1800 [Clark, Gregory and Ysbrand Van Der Werf. 1998. Work in Progress? The Industrious Revolution. The Journal of Economic History 58; 3:841.]&#8230; …

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