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adjective

Sturdy adj. (compar. sturdier; superl. sturdiest)

Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern. "This sturdy marquis gan his hearte dress To rue upon her wifely steadfastness." "This must be done, and I would fain see Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay." "A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps."

Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism.

Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout. "How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!"

Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak. "He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty."

Synonyms: Hardy; stout; strong; firm; robust; stiff.

noun

Sturdy n. (Vet.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sturdy" Quotes from Famous Books

... very happy, as she almost always was of summer mornings. The mountain air, circulating in her young and sturdy lungs, was almost as intoxicating as strong wine and made the blood leap through her arteries, thrill ...

— In Old Kentucky • Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey

... women, Carteret had never married, making a home for his elder sister, Mrs. Dreydel—widow of a friend and fellow officer in the then famous "Guides"—and her four sturdy, good-looking boys at the Norfolk manor-house, which had witnessed his own birth and those of a long line of his ancestors. To bring up a family of his own, in addition to his sister's, would have been too costly, and debt he abhorred. Therefore, such ...

— Deadham Hard • Lucas Malet

... Harrises, the Andrewses, the Taliaferros (pronounced Tollivers), the Campbells, the Barnetts, the Toombses, the Doolys, and many other families whose names have figured in the history of the country. Here also settled James Jack, the sturdy patriot who volunteered to carry the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence to Philadelphia. The Congress then in session chose to shut its eyes to that declaration, but it was the basis and framework of the Declaration afterwards written by ...

— Stories Of Georgia - 1896 • Joel Chandler Harris

... a sturdy, blue-eyed girl with the general aspect of a snow apple, greeted the guests with a hearty shake of a powerful hand, ...

— The Merryweathers • Laura E. Richards

... all men of the Rhodesian farmer type, well set-up, sturdy, independent and resourceful—a band of chums voluntarily taken from their homesteads to render them immune from invasion by tackling the Hun on his ...

— Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force • Percy F. Westerman

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