Strenuous
//ˈstɹɛ.nju.əs// adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having great vigour or energy; forceful.
"strenuous exercise"
- 2 Requiring great exertion; very laborious.
"It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty."
Adjective
- 1 taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance wordnet
- 2 characterized by or performed with much energy or force wordnet
Example
More examples"She is a strenuous supporter of women's rights."
Etymology
From Latin strenuus (“quick”).
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