Meaning of STRENUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'strenyoous
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- [adj] taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
- [adj] characterized by or performed with much energy or force; "strenuous exercise"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. ? strong,
hard, rough, harsh.]
Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold;
valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national
rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his
country.
And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.
--Chapman.
Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. --I. Taylor.
-- {Stren"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Stren"u*ous*ness}, n.
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