rigorously

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adverb

In a rigorous manner.

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Meanings

adverbrigorously (comparative more rigorously, superlative most rigorously)

comparative more rigorously · superlative most rigorously · alternative rigourously

  1. In a rigorous manner.

    Like all the examiners, Gupta was rigorously trained by four sighted trainers who taught her about the female body, in particular the anatomy of the breast.

    2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR
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    But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.

    2011 February 1, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–103

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a rigorous manner

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Origin

Translations

Catalan rigorosament
  • rigorosamentin a rigorous manner
French rigoureusement
  • rigoureusementin a rigorous manner
Italian rigorosamente
  • rigorosamentein a rigorous manner
Portuguese rigorosamente
  • rigorosamentein a rigorous manner
Russian строго
  • строго (strogo)in a rigorous manner
Spanish rigurosamente, rigorosamente
  • rigurosamentein a rigorous manner
  • rigorosamentein a rigorous manner
  • a rajatablain a rigorous manner
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APA

rigorously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigorously

MLA

“rigorously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigorously. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rigorously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigorously.

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