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diligently

/ˈdɪlədʒəntli/DIH-luh-juhnt-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈdɪlədʒəntli/DIH-luh-juhnt-lee

Meaningin a diligent way

Common meaning: carefully and with steady effort

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Journey through time

  1. Latindīligō, -ere‘to value highly, love’
  2. Old Frenchdiligentsource
  3. Englishdiligent‘careful and hard-working’
  4. Englishformed in English from diligentdiligently‘carefully and with steady 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from diligent + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DILIGENT, p.167 · scan

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