Sturdy

['stɜːdɪ] or ['stɝdi]

Definition

(adj.) substantially made or constructed; 'sturdy steel shelves'; 'sturdy canvas'; 'a tough all-weather fabric'; 'some plastics are as tough as metal' .

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Definition

(superl.) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.

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

(superl.) Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout.

(superl.) Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak.

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

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Bold (from coarseness or rudeness), obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, firm, stiff.[2]. Strong, lusty, robust, stout, stalwart, athletic, brawny, muscular.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Well-set, thickset, strong, stout, stubborn, firm, resolute, forcible, hardy,robust

ANT:Lank, weak, ill-set, lean, fragile, weakly

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Definition

adj. (comp. Stur′dier,superl. Stur′diest) resolute: firm: forcible: strong: robust: stout: (obs.) stubborn or obstinate.—adv. Stur′dily.—n. Stur′diness."

n. the gid a disease affecting young sheep with staggering and stupor caused by a species of tapeworm in the brain.—adj. Stur′died.

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Examples

They could plough lanes in infantry, but they could not easily smash and scatter it if it was sturdy and well drilled. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Not half a mile, was his sturdy answer; for he was not yet so much in love as to measure distance, or reckon time, with feminine lawlessness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
But nature or inheritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
She actually trudged away in her grey cloak at a sturdy pace, and turned the corner, and was gone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
They built sturdy fortresses of the Myc?nean type of architecture; they had a metal industry; they used imported Greek pottery of a very fine type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
I like to see sturdy patriotism, on whatever side it is called forth--and so it's a spirited contest? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Still Meyler was such a sturdy, true, obstinate, English country gentleman, as to pronounce the man half-bred, impudent, and a bore. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Still, they had not come upon Flintwinch yet; so the sturdy digging and shovelling and carrying away went on without intermission by night and by day. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
He was a sturdy fellow with flattish cheek-bones, rather pale, and with coarse fair moustache. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Her figure was stout and sturdy, and her manner aggressively self-possessed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
His mother was of sturdier stuff, passionately patriotic and a strong and managing woman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
He was then the heartiest and sturdiest boy in the world, and he is now the heartiest and sturdiest man. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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