Rigorously

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rigorous \Rig"or*ous\, a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See
     {Rigor}.]
     1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no
        abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact;
        strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of
        justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous


        definition or demonstration.
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              He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock
              With rigorous hands.                  --Shak.
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              We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their
              rigorous unity.                       --De Quincey.
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     2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
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     3. Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." --Spenser.
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     4. (Mathematics, Logic) Adhering scrupulously and exactly to
        accepted principles; hence, logically valid; as, a
        rigorous proof.
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     Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere;
          stern; harsh; strict; exact.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Rig"or*ous*ly}, adv. --
          {Rig"or*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rigorously
       adv : in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the
             monks" [syn: {strictly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "rigorously":
     absolutely, accurately, adamantly, all to pieces, badly,
     conscientiously, dead, definitely, directly, dourly, even,
     exactingly, exactly, expressly, exquisitely, faithfully, fiercely,
     firmly, furiously, fussily, grimly, hardly, harshly, immovably,
     immutably, implacably, impliably, in all respects, in detail,
     in every respect, inexorably, inflexibly, intransigently,
     ipsissimis verbis, ironhandedly, irreconcilably, just, like blazes,
     like fury, like mad, literally, literatim, madly, meticulously,
     minutely, nicely, obdurately, painfully, plumb, point-blank,
     positively, precisely, punctiliously, punctually, refinedly,
     relentlessly, right, rigidly, roughly, scrupulously, severely,
     square, squarely, sternly, stiffly, straight, strictly,
     to the letter, unalterably, unbendingly, unchangeably,
     uncompromisingly, undeviatingly, unerringly, unregenerately,
     unrelentingly, unyieldingly, vehemently, venomously, verbally,
     verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, violently, virulently, wildly,
     with a vengeance, with exactitude, with great nicety,
     with precision, word by word, word for word