Definitions
Careful and persistent effort in doing a task.
Word origin
Borrowed from French diligence, from Latin diligentia.
Used in a sentence
“Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.”
“Being in a civilised country of stage-coaches, I determined to sell my lady friend and be off by the diligence that afternoon.”
“ON the same day that Kadour ben Saden rode south the diligence from the north brought Tarzan a letter from D’Arnot which had been forwarded from Sidi-bel-Abbes.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Steady careful work”9 letters
02“Careful effort”9 letters
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