rigorous
[rig-er-uh s]
- characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- severely exact or accurate; precise: rigorous research.
- (of weather or climate) uncomfortably severe or harsh; extremely inclement.
- Logic, Mathematics. logically valid.
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Origin of rigorous
Synonyms
See more synonyms for rigorous on Thesaurus.com1. stern, austere, hard, inflexible, stiff, unyielding. See strict. 2. demanding, finical. 3. hard, bitter.
Antonyms
1. flexible, soft. 2. inaccurate. 3. mild.
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Examples from the Web for rigorously
Contemporary Examples
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.
Historical Examples
And the children were few; the population had been rigorously kept down.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
And so far as went the words themselves, they were rigorously true.
Bardelys the MagnificentRafael Sabatini
Here is where the art of skipping is to be rigorously applied.
A Book for All ReadersAinsworth Rand Spofford
The Spanish attack was pressed as rigorously as at the beginning.
South American Fights and FightersCyrus Townsend Brady
Ornament of every kind is rigorously excluded from these rooms.
General John ReganGeorge A. Birmingham
rigorous
- characterized by or proceeding from rigour; harsh, strict, or severerigorous discipline
- severely accurate; scrupulousrigorous book-keeping
- (esp of weather) extreme or harsh
- maths logic (of a proof) making the validity of the successive steps completely explicit
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Word Origin and History for rigorously
rigorous
adj.
late 14c., from Old French rigorous (13c., Modern French rigoureux), from Medieval Latin rigorosus, from Latin rigor (see rigor). Related: Rigorously.
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