All 3 Uses of
strenuous
in
Dracula
- With a careless motion, she flung to the ground, callous as a devil, the child that up to now she had clutched strenuously to her breast, growling over it as a dog growls over a bone.†
p. 226.1 *strenuously = in a manner that requires much effort
- Even more, we have seen amongst us that he can even grow younger, that his vital faculties grow strenuous, and seem as though they refresh themselves when his special pabulum is plenty.†
p. 254.9strenuous = difficult (requiring much effort)
- To this plan I strenuously objected, and so far as my going was concerned, for I said that I intended to stay and protect Mina.†
p. 314.6strenuously = in a manner that requires much effort
Definition:
energetic; or physically or mentally difficult or requiring endurance