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Definition of Sturdy
1. Adjective. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. "Sturdy young athletes"
Similar to: Robust
Derivative terms: Hardiness, Stoutness, Sturdiness
2. Adjective. Not making concessions. "Uncompromising honesty"
Similar to: Hard-line, Hardline
Derivative terms: Inflexibility, Sturdiness
Antonyms: Compromising
3. Adjective. Substantially made or constructed. "Some plastics are as tough as metal"
Definition of Sturdy
1. a. Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.
2. n. A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.
Definition of Sturdy
1. Adjective. of firm build ¹
2. Adjective. solid in structure or person ¹
3. Noun. A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sturdy
1. strong and durable [adj -DIER, -DIEST] : STURDILY [adv] / a disease of sheep [n -DIES] : STURDIED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sturdy
| stupour stuprate stuprated stuprates stupration stuprations stuprous stur sture sturgeon | sturgeonlike sturgeons sturionian sturionians sturm and drang sturmanite sturmer sturmers sturnine sturnoid | sturnuses sturt |
Literary usage of Sturdy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Some beat them coates of brasse, or sturdy breastplate So trete a sturdy wyne
that It shal ... A nation proud of its sturdy justice and plain good sense. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"99 sturdy. (1) The same as Giddy (2). (2) Sulky and obstinate. North. STURE. ...
Inflexible ; sturdy. South. STURT. (1) Disturbance; annoyance. ..."
3. A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of the by George Nicholls, Thomas Mackay (1898)
"... of the poor —Bate in aid—Liability of parents and children—Rogues, vagabonds
and sturdy beggars—Scotch and Irish vagrants—Shipwrecked mariners, etc. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"Vines, who was a sturdy royalist, died in Barbados on 19 April 1651. Vines was
married and left a daughter, who married one ..."
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