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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•dus•tri•ous /ɪnˈdʌstriəs/USA pronunciation adj. - hard-working;
diligent:an industrious person. in•dus•tri•ous•ly, adv. in•dus•tri•ous•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•dus•tri•ous (in dus′trē əs),USA pronunciation adj. - working energetically and devotedly;
hard-working; diligent:an industrious person. - [Obs.]skillful.
- Latin industrius diligent, assiduous, Old Latin indostruus, perh. equivalent. to indo-, by-form of in- in2 + -struus, noun, nominal derivative of struere to arrange, devise, hence with presumed original sense "devising inwardly, secretly''
- 1525–35
in•dus′tri•ous•ly, adv. in•dus′tri•ous•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assiduous, sedulous, energetic. See busy.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lazy, indolent.
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