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STURDY (sturdier, sturdiest)
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, sturdiest Dictionary entry overview: What does sturdy mean?
• STURDY (adjective)
The adjective STURDY has 3 senses:
1. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
2. not making concessions
3. substantially made or constructed
Familiarity information: STURDY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: sturdiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
Synonyms:
hardy; stalwart; stout; sturdy
Context example:
sturdy young athletes
Similar:
robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)
Derivation:
sturdiness (the state of being vigorous and robust)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not making concessions
Synonyms:
inflexible; sturdy; uncompromising
Context example:
uncompromising honesty
Similar:
hard-line; hardline (firm and uncompromising)
Derivation:
sturdiness (resoluteness evidenced by strength of character)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Substantially made or constructed
Synonyms:
sturdy; tough
Context example:
some plastics are as tough as metal
Similar:
rugged (sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring)
Derivation:
sturdiness (the property of something that is strongly built)
Context examples
“Good Heaven, aunt!” said I. “He is nothing but a sturdy beggar.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In all the darkness there was but the one bright spot of the sturdy comrades whom he had left that morning; if he could find them again all would be well.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Glen of Imaal Terrier is a sturdy dog that resembles the Welsh Corgi - a short legged dog that is low to the ground with a long body.
(Glen of Imaal Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
His sturdy spirit to bend as it did!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A shunt is a flexible but sturdy plastic tube.
(Hydrocephalus, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
The Beagle is a hardy, sturdy squarely-built, small hound, with a short coat in tri-color, red and white, orange and white, or lemon and white.
(Beagle, NCI Thesaurus)
The Bernese Mountain Dog is a sturdy, heavy dog, with a weather-resistant, tri-color double coat.
(Bernese Mountain Dog, NCI Thesaurus)
The Griffon is a sturdy toy dog of square proportions with a domed head, undershot jaw, and a very short nose.
(Brussels Griffon, NCI Thesaurus)
The Australian Cattle Dog is a sturdy, compact, well-muscled and powerful working dog.
(Australian Cattle Dog, NCI Thesaurus)
The Golden Retriever is a sturdy, well-proportioned dog with a feathered, medium-length, cream to golden-colored coat.
(Golden Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)
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