Crossword clues for strenuousness
strenuousness
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 country.
And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.
--Chapman.
Strenuous, continuous labor is pain.
--I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. --
Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state or character of being strenuous; eagerness; earnestness; active zeal.
WordNet
n. extreme effortfulness [syn: arduousness]
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.