Definition of Sturdiness

1. Noun. The state of being vigorous and robust.

Generic synonyms: Good Health, Healthiness
Derivative terms: Sturdy

2. Noun. The property of something that is strongly built.
Generic synonyms: Strength
Derivative terms: Sturdy

3. Noun. Resoluteness evidenced by strength of character. "Sturdiness of moral principle"
Generic synonyms: Firmness, Firmness Of Purpose, Resoluteness, Resolution, Resolve
Derivative terms: Sturdy

Definition of Sturdiness

1. n. Quality of being sturdy.

Definition of Sturdiness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being sturdy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sturdiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sturdiness

stupors
stupose
stupour
stuprate
stuprated
stuprates
stupration
stuprations
stuprous
stur
sture
sturgeon
sturgeonlike
sturgeons
sturionian
sturionians
sturm and drang
sturmanite
sturmer
sturmers
sturnine
sturnoid

Literary usage of Sturdiness

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

1. Portugal: Its Land and People by William Henry Koebel (1909)
"... bound—The lives and fare of the workers—Inborn politeness—The exigences of etiquette —sturdiness of the race—Relations between master and man. ..."

2. The Tariffs of the United States in Relation to Free Trade by Lyon Playfair Playfair (1890)
"... the reliance, and the sturdiness of her Anglo-Saxon people, as well as their love for political liberty. The time is near when she will acknowledge that ..."

3. The English Moralities from the Point of View of Allegory by William Roy Mackenzie (1914)
"The speech of sturdiness, which closes ... which he thinketh permanent I, sturdiness, to hear out all things am bent: Thus see you how men that are led by ..."

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