INDUSTRIOUSLY Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

industriously

adverb

Definition of industriously

as in diligently

with great effort or determination worked industriously to complete the project ahead of schedule

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as in actively

in a manner involving great or constant activity she's been industriously putting together the plans for the charity ball

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Adverb

As one of the cofounders of the Wild Orchard brand who’s diligently working to expand this top-quality tea in America, Michael Ham is deeply ingrained in the story of these tea fields.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Buff Medical Resort finally opened in 2025, a medi-spa where every aspect of your patient experience is diligently reviewed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

Definition of diligently

Adverb

Asia’s governments are actively de-risking from the USD, with central banks aggressively expanding their gold reserves.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Payments will only begin after the new nuclear plant is completely built and actively delivering electricity to the power grid.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026

Definition of actively

Adverb

Pushing too hard is a fast route to overuse injuries and trail burnout, and neither one gets you to the terminus.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Others will argue, reasonably, that no other commercial industry staffs onboard physicians on most routes, and that the infrequency of serious events makes dedicated medical staffing hard to justify economically.

— Sriman Swarup, STAT, 13 July 2026

Definition of hard

Adverb

Claude cannot have or raise kids—intensively or otherwise—or possess any insight into yours or mine, or know what your kid wants for dinner.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
The lower mowing ranges are commonly used for recreational turf areas that are more intensively managed.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 June 2026

Definition of intensively

Adverb

The footage shows the four royals intently following the final moments of the match and then bursting into a jubilant round of applause at the final whistle, hugging one another to celebrate the achievement of the team.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
Kirk’s widow, Erika, clutched a tissue and watched intently as a person said to be Robinson ran across the roof.

— Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Definition of intently

Adverb

Batman stares intensely at the camera, and the film’s logo appears, followed by the new release date, which is set for February 18, 2028, up from its previous release date of October 1, 2027.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Previously, shooting in Imax required alternate ways of capturing sound because of the intensely loud cameras.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of intensely

Adverb

The Austrian Alpine Club bills itself as the country’s largest youth organization, with more than seven hundred thousand members—close to a tenth of the population—assiduously steered toward skiing, hiking, camping, climbing.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Zoo officials said Happy was assiduously cared for and had space for swimming, foraging and other natural behavior.

— Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 28 May 2026

Definition of assiduously

Adverb

After an arduously long winter, these narrow, modestly sized shops have been—with a suddenness and intensity that only TikTok and Instagram can foment—thronged.

— David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
The team sequenced the DNA of 38 different mosquitoes belonging to 11 species within the Leucosphyrus group, which had been arduously collected during fieldwork between 1992 and 2020 across Southeast Asia.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026

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