beneficial actions often go unappreciated or are met with outright hostility.

One should not expect a reward for good deeds, but should perform them merely for the satisfaction of doing so.

(law) Able to be deeded.

superlative form of deedy: most deedy

Full of purposeful activity; industriousness. / Ostentatious busyness; A type of showiness that seeks to seem important.

In legal possession of a deed.

Industriously; diligently.

comparative form of deedy: more deedy

(of real property) Of real property whose owners' claim is not evidence by formal record of ownership, such as a deed.

Industrious; active. / Earnest; serious.