industriously

adverb

Definition of industriouslynext
1
as in diligently
with great effort or determination worked industriously to complete the project ahead of schedule

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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for industriously
  1. diligently
  2. actively
  3. hard
  4. intensively
  5. intently
  6. intensely
  7. assiduously
  8. arduously
Adverb
  • Some diligently blur out the faces of guests who are in the vicinity and captured on camera.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • As some of this work has encountered delays and other unique challenges, Sherwin-Williams has worked diligently with the PA DEP throughout the process and remains committed to completing these improvements and operating the facility responsibly.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of diligently
Adverb
  • As All In Build Continues Looking ahead, Rashad emphasized that legacy is not simply something inherited, but something actively created and passed forward.
    — Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Middlesex District Attorney's Office Police are actively looking for Arjun, who is believed to be driving that car, a 2014 green Honda Accord with Massachusetts license plate 34P-D94.
    — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of actively
Adverb
  • The administration sees the naval blockade of the strait and sanctions as effective and views Trump as having additional options that can be cranked harder in the weeks and months ahead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Let curiosity expand your world without making your message harder to follow or apply in real life.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of hard
Adverb
  • All clubs have succession plans and Stuttgart’s Germany midfielder Angelo Stiller and Victor Froholdt of Porto, a Denmark international, are among the players to have been scouted intensively.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of intensively
Adverb
  • Bazzi was holding it up with two fingers, studying the body intently.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Kenzo had inclined his head over his invalid daughter and was staring at her intently.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of intently
Adverb
  • The two lawmakers have intensely criticized Fauci over the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic for years, with Paul recently releasing diary entries penned by Fauci during the height of the pandemic.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Though Hallegua and Josephai rarely meet, both are intensely proud of their ancient heritage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 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
Definition of arduously
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