Devoted to some business; active, assiduous, diligent, industrious. Of a warrior: keen to fight, bold. Obsolete.

Hard-working, industrious, diligent.

Given to labour or hard work; industrious, diligent, hard-working. Formerly also: †able to do physical labour (obsolete).

Diligent in work; industrious. Cf. virtue, n. 2d. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

Diligent, industrious, busy; attentive to. Cf. ythand ithand, adj. Forms.

Of a person: industrious, busy, painstaking.

Inclined to labour; hard-working; diligent; = laborious, adj. 1. Obsolete.

Characterized by or showing assiduous and steady work; devoted to work; diligent, hard-working.

(a) industrious, diligent, businesslike (now chiefly Scottish); (b) resembling work.

Eager to work, industrious, energetic.

Of a person: industrious, energetic, capable, businesslike; spec. (usually of a woman) competent and efficient in household matters. Now rare.

Skilful; industrious; (gen.) neat, smart, attractive.

Industrious, diligent.

In singular.

Characterized by, involving, or given to (hard) work; industrious, diligent.