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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 [ˈstrenjʊəslɪ] ADV [deny] → enérgicamente, rotundamente; [object, protest, oppose] → enérgicamente; [resist] → tenazmente, con tenacidad; [exercise] → con intensidad
he has strenuously denied the allegationsha rechazado enérgicamente or rotundamente las acusaciones
to try strenuously to do sthesforzarse afanosamente por hacer algo, procurar por todos los medios hacer algo
strenuously [ˈstrɛnjʊəsli] adv [deny, object, argue] → énergiquement
strenuously
adv
exerciseanstrengend
(= vigorously) denyentschieden; opposeenergisch, entschieden; objectnachdrücklich
strenuously [ˈstrɛnjʊəslɪ] adv (deny) → energicamente; (attempt, exercise, play) → con impegno; (resist, oppose, attempt) → accanitamente
strenuously [ˈstrɛnjʊəslɪ] adv (deny) → energicamente; (attempt, exercise, play) → con impegno; (resist, oppose, attempt) → accanitamente


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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.
It was hard and anxious work at first, and we worked strenuously, both of us.
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.
 
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