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Definition of Sturdier
1. sturdy [adj] - See also: sturdy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sturdier
Literary usage of Sturdier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"... poplars stand here and there in the file, like survivors of a sturdier militia.
There are villas everywhere. The Frenchman, who loves the country and ..."
2. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"The Horse-chestnut is the sturdier tree, the leaves are larger, rougher, the
flowers much more profuse and more beautiful than those of the Buckeye. ..."
3. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"The Horse-chestnut is the sturdier tree, the leaves are larger, rougher, the
flowers much more profuse and more beautiful than those of the Buckeye. ..."
4. The Century (1902)
"BY the roadside, rain or shine, You '11 find two jolly good friends of mine:
sturdier comrades never were yet— Ragged Robin and Bouncing Bet. ..."
5. Works of J. Fenimore Cooper by James Fenimore Cooper (1893)
"... while their companion grew sturdier and sturdier in his defense of the accused,
and still more fixed in his opinion of his being unjustly charged with ..."
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