rigorously
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock
With rigorous hands. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their
rigorous unity. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
[1913 Webster]
3. Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Mathematics, Logic) Adhering scrupulously and exactly to
accepted principles; hence, logically valid; as, a
rigorous proof.
[PJC]
Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere;
stern; harsh; strict; exact.
[1913 Webster] -- {Rig"or*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Rig"or*ous*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
[email protected]