Sturdy

Adjective

 * 1) of firm build
 * 2) solid in structure or person
 * It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.
 * The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired.

Noun

 * 1) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.

Adverbs for Sturdy
splendidly; admirably; remarkably; surprisingly; stoutly; healthily; vigorously; boyishly; magnificently; stockily; brawnily; enviably; physically.

Thesaurus
adamantine, athletic, beefy, bouncing, brawny, bulky, burly, dense, determined, doughty, durable, enduring, firm, firm as Gibraltar, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, heavy, hefty, husky, indomitable, infrangible, iron-hard, lasting, lusty, made of iron, massive, mighty, muscular, nervy, obstinate, potent, powerful, puissant, red-blooded, resolute, rigid, robust, robustious, robustuous, rude, rugged, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stout, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, substantial, tenacious, tough, unbreakable, uncompromising, unfaltering, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding, vigorous, vital, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made

Etymology
Circa 1300, in sense “unruly, reckless, violent”, from estourdi:, form of estourdir:, originally “to daze, to make tipsy (almost drunk)” (Modern French étourdir:), from  *undefined:. etymology is unclear – presumably it is ex-: + turdus:, but which this should mean “daze” is unclear. A speculative theory is that thrushes eat leftover winery grapes and thus became drunk, but this meets with objections.

Disease in cows and sheep is by extension of sense of “daze”, while sense of “strongly built” is of late 14th century, and relationship to earlier sense is less clear, perhaps from sense of a firm strike (causing a daze) or a strong, violent person.

Adjective

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Noun

 * Croatian: metilj