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strenuously

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stren·u·ous  (strny-s)
adj.
1. Requiring great effort, energy, or exertion: a strenuous task.
2. Vigorously active; energetic or zealous.
[From Latin strnuus.]
strenu·ous·ly adv.
strenu·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.strenuously - in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously; "he objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking"
Translations
strenuously [ˈstrɛnjuəslɪ] strenuous adv → energisch;
she strenuously denied the rumour strenuous → sie leugnete das Gerücht hartnäckig


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The greatest of all logical truths, and the one of which writers on philosophy are most apt to lose sight, the difference between words and things, has been most strenuously insisted on by him, although he has not always avoided the confusion of them in his own writings.
The Republic by Plato View in context
It was hard and anxious work at first, and we worked strenuously, both of us.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
That the fine things of life--art, music and literature--had thriven upon such enervating ideals he strenuously denied, insisting, rather, that they had endured in spite of civilization.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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