Thesaurus / strong-willed
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She skilfully manages the side-lights, and by this means produces strong effects.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTThe garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThose in whom the impulse is strong and dominant are perhaps those who in later years make the good society actors.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIn Luke it is said, “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYBetween South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSTobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.This may be done by taking the humming tone and bringing to bear upon it a strong pressure of energy.
EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICKHis strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYVery trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENWORDS RELATED TO STRONG-WILLED
- adventurous
- assertive
- audacious
- bold
- chivalrous
- courageous
- dauntless
- fearless
- fire-eating
- gallant
- game
- grand
- great
- gritty
- gutsy
- gutty
- heroic
- high-spirited
- indomitable
- intrepid
- lion-hearted
- magnanimous
- nervy
- noble
- plucky
- powerful
- puissant
- redoubtable
- self-reliant
- spunky
- stalwart
- steadfast
- stout
- stouthearted
- strong-willed
- unafraid
- undaunted
- undismayed
- valorous
- venturesome
- venturous
- vigorous
- worthy
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