strenuous
31strenuous — adj. 1 requiring or using great effort. 2 energetic or unrelaxing. Derivatives: strenuously adv. strenuousness n. Etymology: L strenuus brisk …
32strenuous efforts — making a great effort, performing something with much energy …
33strenuous exercise — physical activity that requires a great amount of effort …
34The Strenuous Life — is the name of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, 1899. Based upon his personal experiences, he argued that strenuous effort and overcoming hardship were ideals to be embraced by Americans for the betterment of …
35arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome — effortful effortful adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome};… …
36quasi-strenuous — adj.; quasi strenuously, adv. * * * …
37Prophet of the Strenuous Life — Jack London …
38quasi-strenuous — adj.; quasi strenuously, adv …
39Strenuously — 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 …
40Strenuousness — 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 …