sedulousnessn.
/ˈsɛdjʊləsnɪs/ Care, diligent attention.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence
yernfulnesseOE
swinkfulnessOE
diligencec1374
applying?c1430
diligencya1513
diligentness1530
sedulity1542
application1543
assiduity1605
sedulousness1622
navity1623
assiduousness1637
intention1638
apply1681
perdiligence1694
painstakingness1917
1622 W. Fenner in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 183 But have respect to God himselfe by all sedulousnesse in the charge.
1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 99 By their sedulousness and their Erudition they discover'd Difficulties in the Bible that our Quærists could never have dream'd of.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xv. 222 Sir Christopher for half a century has supported in the senate, with equal sedulousness and silence, the constitution, and the corn laws.
1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1320/1 Conflicting claims and aims, mustering their forces with swift but sure subtlety and sedulousness for a final decisive combat.
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