Definition of Strenuousness

1. Noun. Extreme effortfulness.

Exact synonyms: Arduousness
Generic synonyms: Effortfulness
Derivative terms: Arduous, Arduous, Arduous, Strenuous, Strenuous

Definition of Strenuousness

1. Noun. The state or character of being strenuous; eagerness; earnestness; active zeal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strenuousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strenuousness

strengthier
strengthiest
strengthing
strengthless
strengthlessness
strengthner
strengthners
strengths
strengthy
strenth
strenuity
strenuosities
strenuosity
strenuous
strenuously
strenuousness (current term)
strenuousnesses
strep
strep throat
strepent
streperous
strepitous
streps
strepsipterous
strepsirrhine
strepsirrhines
streptavadin
streptavidin
strepto-
streptobacilli

Literary usage of Strenuousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personnel Relations in Industry by Algie Martin Simons (1921)
"SE Thompson, Time Study and Task Work Explained, in Business Statistics, edited by Melvin T. Copeland, 1917, p. 443. strenuousness ..."

2. Personnel Relations in Industry by Algie Martin Simons (1921)
"Efficiency versus strenuousness All writers on scientific management are unanimous in their assertion that the task fixed must not be one that will wear out ..."

3. The Hygiene of Mind by Thomas Smith Clouston (1906)
"If strenuousness is not so great, caution is enormously increased. The experiences of the former life are applied in a really effective way. ..."

4. The Hygiene of Mind by Thomas Smith Clouston (1907)
"If strenuousness is not so great, caution is enormously increased. The experiences of the former life are applied in a really effective way. ..."

5. The Twelve Principles of Efficiency by Harrington Emerson (1913)
"Efficiency brings about greater results with lessened effort; strenuousness brings about greater results with abnormally greater effort. ..."

6. The Spiritual Ascent: A Devotional Treatise by Gerard Zerbolt (1908)
"It must be armed on the right hand and on the left, and these be the weapons thereof: strenuousness, staid gravity and benignity. ..."

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