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

This person started out diligently highlighting and taking notes.

— Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
From 1908 until his death in 1947, he was largely confined to the property’s main home under specialized psychiatric care, while Katherine lived elsewhere, diligently funding research to find a cure.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of diligently

Adverb

Virtue Asia will present Why Brands Need Entertainment, Not More Content, exploring how brands can move from advertising around culture to actively creating the stories and characters audiences choose to follow.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Bullish calls are trading notably more expensive than puts, and the ratio of open call contracts to puts suggests traders are more actively preparing for a rally than a sell-off.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of actively

Adverb

The Heat are hard-capped at the NBA first luxury-tax apron due to the machinations required to trade last month for Milwaukee Bucks forwards Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Gotham midfielder Rose Lavelle landed hard with the back of her head hitting the ground in the 31st minute.

— Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of hard

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Owning several cars, intensively studying both the new and used car markets and testing so many vehicles has taught me a lot about what makes a great automobile.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
The team tested intensively with real drivers in multiple countries.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of intensively

Adverb

The jury was listening intently and looking at the screen as the story of the shooting unfolded, more engaged after already listening to hours of the recording.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Yan gazes intently at how the colors reflect against Pascoal’s skin, eyes and hair.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of intently

Adverb

The plantation economy that developed in the American South institutionalized an intensely extractive relationship with the land.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026
These two exceedingly nimble keyboardists teamed for a rousing take on Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski’s intensely spirited Variations on a Theme of Paganini.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 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.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 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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