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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strenuous \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
strenuous
adj 1: characterized by or performed with much energy or force;
"strenuous exercise"
2: 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 [syn: {arduous}, {straining}]
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