strenuously

strenuously
    adv 1: in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously; "he
           objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking"
    

Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. ? strong,
   hard, rough, harsh.]
   Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold;
   valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national
   rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his
   country.
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         And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.
                                                  --Chapman.
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         Strenuous, continuous labor is pain.     --I. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster] -- {Stren"u*ous*ly}, adv. --
   {Stren"u*ous*ness}, n.
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "strenuously":
      actively, animatedly, ardently, arduously, assiduously,
      bec et ongles, briskly, con brio, difficultly, diligently,
      effortfully, energetically, fervently, forcefully, forcibly,
      hammer and tongs, hard, hardly, heart and soul, heartily,
      indefatigably, industriously, intensely, keenly, laboriously,
      lustily, manfully, operosely, painfully, relentlessly, sedulously,
      spiritedly, the hard way, tirelessly, toilsomely, tooth and nail,
      unsparingly, vehemently, vigorously, vivaciously, with a will,
      with difficulty, with effort, with much ado, with pep, zealously,
      zestfully