industriously
adverb
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əs.li/ us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əs.li/Meaning of industriously in English
(Definition of industriously from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of industriously
industriously
Its representatives are here at the front and are taking notes industriously.
That in itself would be nonsense because any industriously-minded citizen in this country could perfectly well extract these figures for himself from the newspaper records.
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It is nonsense to spread the idea, which is industriously spread, that they were inventions of 1917.
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I trust that those powers will be exercised a great deal more industriously than they have been in the past.
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It was part of a policy that we have pursued industriously, and on the whole very successfully, for 300 years, the policy of sea supremacy.
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A thin mucus of liquefied indiarubber, something which constantly flows back to channels from which it has been industriously brushed, would be more like it.
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He was an ingenious thief who worked most industriously at his trade.
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A thin mucus of liquefied indiarubber, something which constantly flows back to the channels from which it has been industriously brushed, would be more like it.
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Those were the difficulties that we found ourselves in, and so our committees went on burrowing forward industriously, and the more we burrowed the less could we see.
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In fact, before a visit of the governor, or any official visit, prisoners are warned about their behaviour and told to present the appearance of working industriously.
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Let us suppose that the two sons work industriously and vigorously and that by the time the younger son reaches the age of majority the business is then worth £40,000.
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It also discovered one of the more unsavoury forms that competition by comparison might take by industriously spreading reports that its rivals were using a polluted water supply.
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They have paid attention industriously to their duties and have studied technical subjects, and have become leaders, and to-day they hold very worthy and dignified positions in the industry.
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That division is occupied by small farmers who work very industriously tilling the land and tending their herds with great skill and making a fairly decent living.
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We have been industriously pursuing the matter.
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