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US
/ˈstɹɛnjuəsɫi/
]
[ UK /stɹˈɛnjuːəsli/ ]
[ UK /stɹˈɛnjuːəsli/ ]
ADVERB
-
in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously
he objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking
How To Use strenuously In A Sentence
- Strenuously jamming their alleged principles into an oubliette is an exercise that apparently causes blindness, as well. Archive 2009-11-01
- In the case of the anti-deficit campaign, flaccid fiscal management was a weakness to be strenuously avoided.
- Schools of occultism insist most strenuously on the deific and all-powerful nature of such beings.
- This is a masterly account: detailed but always readable, authoritative but strenuously objective.
- Control of the arts by government is a Soviet ambition and, as such, should strenuously be resisted in a free society.
- Count on more of his unusual routines, such as his strenuously graceful paeans to classical opera, sung by his favorite singer.
- The Beverage Council of Ireland this weekend strenuously denied that the organisation had been involved in illegal price-fixing in the wholesale drinks market.
- He is strenuously keen to refute any charges of elitism that might still cling to the place. Times, Sunday Times
- When it comes to the purported conquest of Canaan, individuals like Bryant Wood have strenuously tried to relocate Ai and redate the fall of Jericho's walls. Archive 2009-04-01
- Some authors fill a novel with futuristic scenery and jargon and then strenuously, even stertorously, deny that it's science fiction. Embassytown by China Miéville – review