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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.
  1. 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
  2. “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
  3. Singularly remarkable for his faithful, assiduous, and conscientious discharge of the duties of both these stations.”
    — from Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
  4. 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
  5. 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

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