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assiduous

adjective/əˈsɪdjuəs/

C2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister

Showing great care, persistence and unremitting attention in whatever one does.

Her assiduous cross-checking of every figure meant the audit turned up errors three other reviewers had missed.

Similar: sedulous, industrious, unflagging

Origin: From Latin assiduus 'sitting at', from assidēre 'to sit down to'.

Topic: diligence in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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