Strengthy
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Possessing strength; strong; mighty.
""No — no, work it up and give us the horrible particulars," said Jim Webb. ' 'Well, I presume I shall receive all the more sympathy if I illustrate the affair. As I said before, I have a mother-in-law. She is healthy. She is strengthy. She loves me not. She objects to my being out nights; to my being even a member of the Bald-headed Club.""
Example
More examples""No — no, work it up and give us the horrible particulars," said Jim Webb. ' 'Well, I presume I shall receive all the more sympathy if I illustrate the affair. As I said before, I have a mother-in-law. She is healthy. She is strengthy. She loves me not. She objects to my being out nights; to my being even a member of the Bald-headed Club.""
Etymology
From Middle English strengthy, strengthi, equivalent to strength + -y.
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