I didnât want to agree since I didnât have full body aches like I usually do with the flu. She said with how fast it came on, the high fever, and the type of cough, she wanted to test for the flu.
Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Orderliness is associated with other qualities such as cleanliness and diligenceâand the desire for order and symmetry, and is generally considered to be a desirable quality.
If you call someone assiduous, it's a compliment. It means they're careful, methodical and very persistent. Good detectives are classically assiduous types. Assiduous comes from two Latin words: assiduus, meaning busy incessant, continual or constant, and assidere, meaning to sit down to something.