Meanings
plural strenuousnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.
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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 4Synonyms: eagerness, earnestness, strenuosity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.
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strenuousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strenuousness
“strenuousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strenuousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strenuousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strenuousness.
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