assiduously
/əˈsɪdwəsli/uh-SIH-dwuh-slee
/əˈsɪdwəsli/uh-SIH-dwuh-slee
Meaningin an assiduous way
Common meaning: with careful, constant effort
- asto, towards
- sidto sit; to stayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1658 · scan
- uousadjective ending: inclined to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘to, towards’ + ‘to sit’ → assiduously
Journey through time
- Latinsedeō, sēdī, sessum‘to sit’
- Englishassiduous‘careful and hard-working, sticking at a task’
- Englishformed in English from assiduousassiduously‘with careful, constant effort’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from assiduous + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ASSIDUOUS, p.38 · scan
Roots
- sedeō, sēdī, sessum Latin “to sit; to stay”
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