Literary notes about assiduously (AI summary)
In many literary contexts, "assiduously" connotes a sustained and painstaking effort toward a task or purpose. Authors use it to underscore meticulous attention or diligent perseverance, as when an individual is described tending to physical or intellectual duties with unwavering care, such as in the meticulous painting of china [1] or in the devoted study of scholarly pursuits [2]. It also reveals a character's commitment, whether in the political realm where alliances are cultivated with persistent effort [3] or in personal endeavors that subtly shape relationships and self-improvement [4], [5]. Thus, the term enriches the narrative by suggesting that success, change, or understanding is achieved through tenacious and methodical attention.
- Mrs. Cutter painted china so assiduously that even her wash-bowls and pitchers, and her husband’s shaving-mug, were covered with violets and lilies.
— from My Ántonia by Willa Cather - I studied the newspapers, more assiduously than I had hitherto had time for.
— from Daisy in the Field by Susan Warner - From a principle of interest, as well as gratitude, Ætius assiduously cultivated the alliance of the Huns.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Having achieved this feat, he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - Has he not received a sort of tacit mandate to work persistently and assiduously for the welfare of those whose opinions he represents?
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
