Industrious Definition

ĭn-dŭstrē-əs
adjective
Energetic in application to work or study.
American Heritage
Skillful or clever.
Webster's New World
Characterized by earnest, steady effort; hardworking; diligent.
Webster's New World

Hard-working and persistent; worksome.

I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.
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Origin of Industrious

  • From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.

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Industrious Sentence Examples

  • He said she was very industrious and happy.

  • His clear mind and industrious habits drew him to questions of finance.

  • They have the reputation of being neither industrious nor intelligent.

  • Hardy, simple and industrious, fond of music, kind-hearted, and with a strangely artistic taste in dress, these people possess in a wonderful degree the secret of cheerful contentment.

  • The colonists whom he settled upon his grant (1630) were industrious, and "Beverwyck" became increasingly prosperous.

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