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Sturdiness   /stˈərdinəs/   Listen
Sturdiness

noun
1.
The state of being vigorous and robust.
2.
The property of something that is strongly built.
3.
Resoluteness evidenced by strength of character.





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"Sturdiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... man, when he came out of retirement in 1911, was in many ways a wonderful Chinese: he was a fount of energy and of a physical sturdiness rare in a country whose governing classes have hitherto been recruited from attenuated men, pale from study and the lotus life. He had a certain task to which to put his hand, a huge task, indeed, since the reformation of four hundred millions was involved, yet one which was not beyond him if wisely ...
— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale
... beautiful essay, but Oh! how much has it to answer for in the survival of the unfittest. Alas! that the wheat and tares must grow together till the harvest. It is the syrup of phosphorus by which weakly mediocrity develops into sturdiness, a sturdy coarseness that else might have died down and been spared us. But, thanks to that or some other artificial fertiliser, it grows up with the idea that the duty which lies nearest to it is to write weary books, paint monotonous pictures, persevere in 'd——d bad acting'; ...
— Prose Fancies • Richard Le Gallienne


Words linked to "Sturdiness" :   strength, resoluteness, resolution, sturdy, resolve, healthiness, firmness of purpose, firmness, good health


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