[
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
- I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
- He had to work out strenuously for close to two hours a day for two years.
- The activist, whose daughter was a presiding officer for one polling station, has strenuously denied any impropriety.
- Wilbur rowed strenuously toward Kitty Hawk.
- He is strenuously keen to refute any charges of elitism that might still cling to the place. Times, Sunday Times
- The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce.
- The passage of the act was opposed strenuously by congressmen from border slave states but was carried over their opposition.
- Shortly afterwards he held a news conference in which he strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
- He appears to have spawned a new generation of politically minded endorphin junkies eager to push their physical limits as strenuously as they pursue their political careers — many of them, in fact, with an eye to replacing Bush. Marathon Men
- She denied the accusation with some warmth, ie strenuously , forcefully.