Definition of Strenuous

1. Adjective. Characterized by or performed with much energy or force. "Strenuous exercise"

Similar to: Energetic
Derivative terms: Strain, Strenuosity, Strenuousness

2. Adjective. Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance. "Your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"
Exact synonyms: Arduous, Straining
Similar to: Effortful
Derivative terms: Arduousness, Strain, Strenuousness

Definition of Strenuous

1. a. 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.

Definition of Strenuous

1. Adjective. Urgent, ardent, zealous. ¹

2. Adjective. Requiring great exertion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strenuous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strenuous

strengthful
strengthfulness
strengthier
strengthiest
strengthing
strengthless
strengthlessness
strengthner
strengthners
strengths
strengthy
strenth
strenuity
strenuosities
strenuosity
strenuous
strenuously
strenuousness
strenuousnesses
strep
strep throat
strepent
streperous
strepitous
streps
strepsipterous
strepsirrhine
strepsirrhines
streptavadin
streptavidin

Literary usage of Strenuous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1873)
"But he did even his nothings in a strenuous Strenuous way, and on occasion could make gallant fight ..."

2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"THE Strenuous LIFE I stood beside the loud, tumultuous shore; ... The strenuous life is grand; but grander far The placid soul reflecting ..."

3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE Strenuous LIFE [Address by Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-fifth President of the United States, Author, Statesman, former Governor of New ..."

4. Works by Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
"THE Strenuous LIFE SPEECH BEFORE THE HAMILTON CLUB, CHICAGO, APRIL to, 1899 IN speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the West, men of the State which ..."

5. College and the Future by Richard Ashley Rice (1915)
"XVII THE Strenuous LIFE1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the ... Reprinted from the volume entitled The Strenuous Life, ..."

6. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"... she made a strenuous defence by her counsel; the bill having been first moved the 15th of January, 1697-8, in the house of lords, and proceeded on, ..."

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