Literary notes about assiduous (AI summary)
Writers employ "assiduous" to evoke a sense of relentless dedication and careful attention in varied contexts. The term describes a character’s steadfast commitment, such as a diligent pupil absorbing lessons with unwavering focus ([1]) or a scholar immersed in the study of great authors ([2]). It also conveys persistent efforts in the performance of duties and affectionate attentions—be it the assiduous discharge of official responsibilities ([3]) or the careful nurturing of personal relationships through ongoing care ([4], [5]). Thus, across literature, "assiduous" consistently characterizes individuals who approach both intellectual and interpersonal endeavors with meticulous and enduring effort.
- Mary would sit and watch me by the hour together: then she would take lessons; and a docile, intelligent, assiduous pupil she made.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë - “I arrived in Paris on the day after All Saints, of the year 1546, and devoted another year to the assiduous study of great authors.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay - Singularly remarkable for his faithful, assiduous, and conscientious discharge of the duties of both these stations.”
— from Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott - If you will take my advice, Casanova, you will keep up that acquaintance and pay him assiduous court.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - The banneret Roguin, one of the persons who showed me the most assiduous attention, did not leave me for an instant during the whole day.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau