diligent
/DIL-ih-junt/adjectiveshowing steady, earnest care and effort
“A diligent apprentice checked every joint twice.”
- Synonyms
- industrious, assiduous, conscientious
- Antonyms
- lazy, negligent
- Memory hook
- diligere (value): work you value shows.
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