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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Just be sure to diligently shop around before making a final decision and don't forget to explore your online CD account options as online banks often offer more competitive rates and terms than banks with in-person branch locations do.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
The bad news for Democrats is that Republicans will spend the next two months working diligently to change that.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of diligently

Adverb

Some lead actors are actively involved in the development of their shows; others are admittedly given a producer credit as a vanity title.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Staged under the theme of Via Nomadis, which means the nomadic path, the showcase invited guests to actively participate in a narrative shaped by fashion, space, moving image and light.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of actively

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Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters, sparking international concern over police violence and arbitrary detentions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
From a security standpoint, verifying political senders can help make impersonation harder.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of hard

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The pork producers group has also intensively lobbied for legislation called the Save Our Bacon Act, which would overturn the state laws.

— Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026
Whalers hunted bowheads intensively in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, pushing them towards extinction.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of intensively

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Jonathan Skolnik positioned himself at the corner of the model nearest lower Manhattan and began tracing his family's history across the five boroughs as his son, Tosha, listened intently.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Zvyagintsev intently places the intimate domestic conflict against the bleak geopolitical backdrop, a hallmark of his filmmaking for decades.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of intently

Adverb

Netflix has worked assiduously to burnish its reputation as a home for advertisers seeking to align themselves with its popular programs and eager to avoid the traditional model of deploying typical 30-second commercials.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
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

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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