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STRENUOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
Example:
your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
effortful (requiring great physical effort)
Derivation:
strain (an effortful attempt to attain a goal)
strenuousness (extreme effortfulness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by or performed with much energy or force
Example:
strenuous exercise
Classified under:
Similar:
energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)
Derivation:
strain (an intense or violent exertion)
strenuosity (intense energy)
strenuousness (extreme effortfulness)
Context examples:
Even more, we have seen amongst us that he can even grow younger; that his vital faculties grow strenuous, and seem as though they refresh themselves when his special pabulum is plenty.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Looking down at the crowd, we had seen the head and shoulders of a powerful and strenuous man moving slowly forward, and leaving behind him a long V-shaped ripple upon its surface like the wake of a swimming dog.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In mammalian muscle, strenuous exertion can create conditions in which oxygen is consumed faster than blood can provide it, forcing the muscle to use fermentation and create lactic acid; it is the lactic acid that makes your muscles sore after a workout.
(Glycolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
On November 24, Mars will oppose Uranus, a rather strenuous planetary clash, and may inflame tempers.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The earlier eclipses that came by this year were somewhat strenuous and required much adjustment, especially the one that arrived July 16, which some Cancers found quite difficult—even monstrous.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
With Saturn and Pluto opposed to the full moon lunar eclipse on January 10, no matter what you do, the work will be strenuous, but you will gain much from your effort in the future.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Although strenuous, the project you will be working on will be worth your effort for you also have Jupiter in the same work-a-day project sector, and this good-fortune planet promises substantial financial rewards for work well done.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
