Entry: sedulously (adj.)
In context: "'I cultivate it assiduously. I do special gratitude exercises at night up there in the room. Gratitude-Ups, you could call them. Ask Randy over there if I don't do them like clockwork. Diligently. Seduously."
Definition: 2. Of actions: Constant, persistent.
Other: I always hear sedition as a root here, but that's not correct. From the etymology:
The Latin word appears to have been evolved from the adv. sēdulō sincerely, honestly (hence diligently, assiduously), repr. Old Latin sē dolō without guile (see se- prefix).
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 271
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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