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strenuousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  strenuousness 
  n  :  extreme  effortfulness  [syn:  {arduousness}]




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