industrious
adjective /ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əs/Definition
C2 describes a person who works hard: an industrious worker She's extremely competent and industrious.Busy and activeHurrying and doing things quickly industriously /-li/ adverb › Marco was working industriously at his desk.Busy and activeHurrying and doing things quickly industriousness /-nəs/ noun [U] Busy and activeHurrying and doing things quickly
(Definition of industrious adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- a head of steam idiom
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- burst noun (INCREASE)
- bustle noun (ACTIVITY)
- bustling adjective
- busy adjective (DOING THINGS)
- circus noun (ATTENTION)
- engaged adjective (INVOLVED/BUSY)
- frenetic adjective
- hum verb
- hustle noun
- rev up (sb/sth) phrasal verb
- rough and tumble idiom
- run around phrasal verb
- run round in circles idiom
- run round like a headless chicken idiom
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