Another word for dint

By dint of good acting and powerful support, according to Genest (Short Account &c., iv.

She was a healthy, vigorous woman, and, by dint of great pains, succeeded in retaining her beauty late into life.

now invaded central France, ravaged Normandy, getting as near to Paris as Saint-Germain; and profiting by Philip VI.s hesitation and delay, he reached the north with his spoils by dint of forced marches.

By dint of expedients he gradually overcame the chronic deficit, and, owing to the normal increase of revenue, ended his term of office with the announcement of a surplus of some 720,000.

In 1656 Mahommed Kuprili became grand vizier, and by dint of firmness and resolution repaired the falling fortunes of the country.