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strenuous
in
The Devil and Tom Walker
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- He prayed loudly and strenuously, as if heaven were to be taken by force of lungs.†
*strenuously = in a manner that requires much effort
- Still, in spite of all this strenuous attention to forms, Tom had a lurking dread that the devil, after all, would have his due.†
strenuous = difficult (requiring much effort)
Definitions:
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(1)
(strenuous) energetic; or physically or mentally difficult or requiring endurance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)