diligent /dilˈi-jənt/

1. Steady and earnest in application
2. Industrious

dilˈigence noun

1. Steady application
2. Industriousness
3. A warrant to produce witnesses, books, etc, or a process by which persons or goods are attached (Scots law)
4. (also pronounced /dē-lē-zhãs/) a French or continental stagecoach (also dillˈy; historical)

dilˈigently adverb

• back-rope
• back row
• back-row
• back rows
• backs
• backsaw
• backsaws
• backscatter
• backscattered
• backscattering
• backscatters
• backscratch
• backscratched
• backscratcher
• backscratchers
• backscratches
• backscratching
• backscratchings
• back-seat driver
• backset
• backsets
• backsey
• backseys
• backsheesh
• backsheeshed