Crossword clues for sturdiest
sturdiest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sturdy \Stur"dy\, a. [Compar. Sturdier; superl. Sturdiest.] [OE. sturdi inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. ['e]tourdi, p. p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. ['e]tourdir; of uncertain origin. The sense has probably been influenced by E. stout.]
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Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.
This sturdy marquis gan his hearte dress To rue upon her wifely steadfastness.
--Chaucer.This must be done, and I would fain see Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay.
--Hudibras.A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps.
--Atterbury. Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism.
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Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout.
How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
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Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak.
--Milton.He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.
--Sir H. Wotton.Syn: Hardy; stout; strong; firm; robust; stiff.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativesturdy)
WordNet
adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy, stalwart, stout]
substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal" [syn: tough]
See sturdy
Usage examples of "sturdiest".
In truth, Pook seemed a half-sized version of one of the four hill giant eunuchs that lined the hall, an inconspicuous appearance for a silver-tongued guildmaster who had brought sultans to their knees and whose name sent the sturdiest of the ruffian street dwellers scurrying for dark holes.
Violet showed her siblings how to make the Devil's Tongue, and the three children hurriedly tied the extension cords to the curtain pulls, and the curtain pulls to the neckties, and the last necktie to the sturdiest thing they could find, which was the doorknob of the Squalor penthouse.
He was then the heartiest and sturdiest boy in the world, and he is now the heartiest and sturdiest man.
He gathered up the group, including the sturdiest healer out of the journeymen presently in the Healer Hall, and mounted them on the best of the runner-beasts available.
Standing guard were Piemur and six of the sturdiest students, hefty clubs held at the ready.
We'd better change into our sturdiest shoes, and bring along some extra pairs of socks.
Sunny shrieked, and the Baudelaire orphans went to work, changing out of their pajamas and into appropriate stair-climbing outfits, putting on their sturdiest shoes, and tucking pairs of extra socks into their pockets.
The three lakes were the only spots in the world where the valuable fish were known to swim, and though the region was barren and wild, overrun with humanoids and barbarians and sporting frequent storms that could flatten the sturdiest of buildings, the lure of quick wealth brought in people from the farthest reaches of the Realms.
Thus the friends had gone to Waterdeep and had taken passage on the sturdiest available ship in the harbor, believing that enemies would be fewer at sea and far easier to discern.
They reproached the King with wasting the public money to make greedy foreigners rich, and were so stern with him, and so determined not to let him have more of it to waste if they could help it, that he was at his wit’s end for some, and tried so shamelessly to get all he could from his subjects, by excuses or by force, that the people used to say the King was the sturdiest beggar in England.
But, the sturdiest and best opponent of the ship money was JOHN HAMPDEN, a gentleman of Buckinghamshire, who had sat among the ’vipers’ in the House of Commons when there was such a thing, and who had been the bosom friend of Sir John Eliot.
The sturdiest warriors took the front positions, though a large detachment of armed Hylar brought up the rear of the band to guard against surprise.