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Answer for the clue "Extreme effortfulness ", 13 letters:
strenuousness

Word definitions for strenuousness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. extreme effortfulness [syn: arduousness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or character of being strenuous; eagerness; earnestness; active zeal.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. ? strong, hard, rough, harsh.] 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 ...

Usage examples of strenuousness.

He had none of the moral strenuousness of the reformer, none of the exclusiveness of a man, whose purposes and ideas were consciously perched higher than those of his neighbors.