Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Earlier comparative and superlative of strong.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete the original compar. & superl. of
strong .
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Examples
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For though that he was strong, yet was she strenger;
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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Wissenschaften aufmerksam zu beachten; denn es ist höchst merkwürdig, wie der gründlichste Ernst mit der freysten Uebersicht, ein strenger
The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Der Inhaber und Chefkoch Thomas Bühner steht nun ein Jahr lang unter besonders strenger Beobachtung der Restauranttester.
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Thomas Bühner steht nun ein Jahr lang unter besonders strenger Beobachtung der
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Abhandlungen zur Philosophie als strenger Wissenschaft, ed. by Hans Hermes, Friedrich Kambartel, and Joachim Ritter, Basel-Stuttgart: Benno Schwabe; 2nd edition:
Slices of Matisse gerard varni 2009
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Three years later, "the folk of the Mercerye of London" complained to parliament that Brembre and his "upberers" had on this occasion obtained his election by force — "through debate and strenger partye." — (Rot.,
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"I reck'n, strenger," said he, in the same imperturbable tone, "that'll keep the wind from blowin 'it away, till we've settled who it's to belong to.
The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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