Positive character trait
Devoted
Giving steady care, loyalty, or effort to someone or something.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Gives steady time and attention to a person or cause, often over many years.
- Makes room in a busy life for the person or the work they care about.
- Knows the small details of what they look after, such as a child's fears, a patient's routine or a garden's soil.
Fits when someone gives sustained care and commitment to a person or worthy purpose
Not when intensity has become possessive, uncritical, or neglectful of other duties
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: it sounds personal on paper, and "dedicated" is the usual work word. Show years of commitment with a result, or let a reference say it.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is devoted to the [students, patients or clients] they serve: over [period] they [kept making time or followed up] long after their formal part had ended.
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Report card comment [Name] is devoted to [a younger sibling, the class garden or a hobby] and gives it steady, careful attention.
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In a story, shown not told She had not missed a visiting hour in three years. The nurses kept a chair by the window for her.
The devoted mentor kept making time for students after their course ended.
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