hardworking


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Adj.1.hardworking - characterized by hard work and perseverancehardworking - characterized by hard work and perseverance
diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"
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hardworking

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I lent money to those who needed it, giving the preference to hardworking poor people, because they served as an example.
As time and place permitted I had succeeded in producing a supply of everything for which I had first created a need, in attracting families of hardworking people into the district, and in implanting a desire to own land in them all.
He was poor, but he was a well-educated, hardworking young fellow, and Mlle.
He felt shy with her and in his heart he resented her great beauty: she dressed more magnificently than became the wife of a hardworking surgeon; and the charming furniture of her house, the flowers among which she lived even in winter, suggested an extravagance which he deplored.
"He is competent, hardworking, honest and capable of real love.
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said that there are many hardworking Malays in the country who are working tirelessly to improve their lives.
Outgoing senator Loren Legarda on Thursday said she will miss the Senate which has been like family to her and vowed to be as hardworking in pursuing key advocacies, including those pertaining to the environment when she assumes her post as Antique congresswoman in the House of Representatives.
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a "lovely, hardworking guy" who was knifed repeatedly in the leg.
Taking to Instagram today, Iqra thanked her mother Assiya Aziz for not giving a care to societal norms and raising her daughters to be strong and hardworking.
The annual awards scheme which is in its 20th year has been constantly chastised by artistes, fans, and critics for being 'biased' when it comes to awarding hardworking and deserving performers and producers - and this year is of no exception.
The country's hardworking construction workers even deserved a salary increase from their employers to help improve their plight, according to Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo.