1 needing great effort and energy:
a strenuous climb / walk * Avoid strenuous exercise immediately after a meal. * How about a stroll in the park? Nothing too strenuous.
2 showing great energy and determination:
The ship went down although strenuous efforts were made to save it. * The plan has met with strenuous opposition.
strenuously adverb:
He still works out strenuously every morning. * The government strenuously denies the allegations.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is strenuous a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, strenuous is tagged as adjective.
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