Both Uses
strenuous
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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- "You see," continued another in a more conciliatory tone, "it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along.†
p. 27.8strenuous = difficult (requiring much effort)
- Over the Humbug's strenuous objections, Milo and Tuck decided to swim, and, protesting loudly, the bug was dragged along with them toward the sea.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(strenuous) energetic; or physically or mentally difficult or requiring endurance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)