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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by or performed with much energy or force;
- Example: "strenuous exercise"

2. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance;
- Example: "his final, straining burst of speed"
- Example: "a strenuous task"
- Example: "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
[syn: arduous, straining, strenuous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.
                                                  --Chapman.
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         Strenuous, continuous labor is pain.     --I. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster] -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. --
   Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strenuous
    adj 1: characterized by or performed with much energy or force;
           "strenuous exercise"
    2: taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his
       final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your
       willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"-
       F.D.Roosevelt [syn: arduous, straining, strenuous]