# industriously

**Pronunciation:** /ɪnˈdʌstriəsli/ · in-DUS-tree-us-lee

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

In a way that shows great effort and hard work.

## Examples

- She has been working industriously on her thesis for months.
- The ants industriously carried food back to their nest.
- He industriously practiced the piano every day to prepare for the concert.

## Synonyms

- diligently — Shows careful and persistent effort.
- assiduously — Implies very careful and thorough attention to detail.
- laboriously — Suggests hard, tiring work, often with slow progress.
- industriously — Emphasizes consistent and energetic effort, often towards a specific goal.

## Antonyms

- lazily — Without energy or effort.
- idly — Without doing anything; in a relaxed or unproductive way.
- neglectfully — In a way that shows a lack of care or attention.

## Common patterns

- work industriously — To engage in hard and continuous work. — The team worked industriously on the project for weeks.
- industriously on — Applying great effort to a specific task or subject. — He has been industriously working on his novel.

## Collocations

- work industriously — They worked industriously to meet the deadline.
- study industriously — She studied industriously for her final exams.
- build industriously — The beavers industriously built their dam.

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