He was remarkably facile, enterprising, courageous, and industrious. Poles were seen as industrious, hardworking, and productive, while paradoxically lacking in ambition. Modest, conscientious, industrious and serious. He was warm-hearted, purposeful and industrious. Excellent cook, industrious sewer and skilled embroiderer. They were very industrious and generous. The Hitchiti had a reputation of being honest and industrious. The railroad transformed Easley into an industrious and thriving textile town. Walton was envied by his less industrious neighbors. He regarded the Italians as more artistic but less industrious than the Germanic population. Spinners and weavers starved during famines and Bengal's once industrious cities became impoverished. I always found them industrious, and good fellows to live among. Bowring was an extremely industrious reformist governor. That is not because we are extremely industrious. Austin chose settlers based on whether he believed they would be appropriately industrious.