Antonyms for rigorously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : rig-er-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪg ər əs


Definition of rigorously

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French rigorous (13c., Modern French rigoureux), from Medieval Latin rigorosus, from Latin rigor (see rigor). Related: Rigorously.
  • As in literally : adv word for word; exactly
  • As in severely : adv harshly
  • As in strictly : adv rigidly
  • As in carefully : adv cautiously; painstakingly
  • As in difficultly : adv hard
  • As in exactly : adv accurately, particularly
  • As in hard : adv with great force
Example sentences :
  • And the children were few; the population had been rigorously kept down.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • And so far as went the words themselves, they were rigorously true.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Here is where the art of skipping is to be rigorously applied.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • The Spanish attack was pressed as rigorously as at the beginning.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Ornament of every kind is rigorously excluded from these rooms.
  • Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham
  • Those I find untrustworthy I mark down, and they will be dealt with rigorously.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • They were treated just as rigorously as they had been on board the ships that brought them out.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Kangaroo » by Thomas Wallace Knox
  • In Elizabeth's early married life she had kept it rigorously.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • She watched his hand, firm and warm, rigorously scoring her work.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • In the desert of Bethany Home all these emotions had been rigorously repressed.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Cinderella » by Amanda M. Douglas

Synonyms for rigorously

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