Diligent /(?)/

Dil·i·gent

Diligent

a.
  1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.
    The judges shall make diligent inquisition.
    — Deut. xix. 18.
  2. Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.
    Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.
    — Prov. xxii. 29.
    Diligent cultivation of elegant literature.