strenuousness

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noun

The state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounstrenuousness (usually uncountable, plural strenuousnesses)

plural strenuousnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.
    1 more example

    Here the debate might have moved into the political arena. For it has been clear over the past two years that the British Home Office and police do regard PIE as a corrupting organization. Hence the strenuousness with which they prosecuted this case — using a law which has, for some years, been condemned by many British legal authorities as unsafe and undesirable.

    1981 February 14, Roger Moody, “Retrial for PIE Defendants”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 4

    Synonyms: eagerness, earnestness, strenuosity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.

More synonyms by meaning

nounextreme effortfulness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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“strenuousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strenuousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strenuousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strenuousness.

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