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rigorously

[ rig-er-uhs-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a rigidly consistent or uncompromising way; very strictly:

    Access to data on the website is rigorously controlled by user account permissions and protected by passwords.

  2. in a way that is severely exacting, accurate, careful, and thorough; to a high standard:

    Prior to publication, all content is rigorously reviewed by peer experts and members of the editorial committee.

  3. Logic, Mathematics. in a way that is logically valid:

    Can anyone give me a more rigorously written proof of this theorem?



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Other Words From

  • o·ver·rig·or·ous·ly adverb
  • sem·i·rig·or·ous·ly adverb
  • un·rig·or·ous·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rigorously1

First recorded in 1400–50; rigorous ( def ) + -ly ( def )

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Example Sentences

For good reason—his sentences are enormous and repetitive, and his subjects are rigorously examined from all angles.

To show how it all plays out, Rosin spent many months reporting—and, indeed, The End of Men is rigorously researched.

The Paul campaign has rigorously organized its volunteers to attend the mass precinct meetings that took place all over Georgia.

According to reports, Amiri was detained at the airport in Jeddah and rigorously questioned by Saudi security.

In such a community the fragile safeguard of an oath is, from sheer helplessness, the more rigorously demanded.

Amiable and wise Eugenia, examine rigorously the ideas that, by your own desire, I shall hereafter present you.

Napoleon read the English newspapers every day in French, and M. de Bausset says the translation was rigorously exact.

My watch was still unwound, and I am rigorously accustomed to wind it the last thing before going to bed, and many such details.

I cannot refer to what happened in the night; it is too awful, and I have to keep my thoughts rigorously away from it.

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