rigorously
Americanadverb
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in a rigidly consistent or uncompromising way; very strictly.
Access to data on the website is rigorously controlled by user account permissions and protected by passwords.
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in a way that is severely exacting, accurate, careful, and thorough; to a high standard.
Prior to publication, all content is rigorously reviewed by peer experts and members of the editorial committee.
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Logic, Mathematics. in a way that is logically valid.
Can anyone give me a more rigorously written proof of this theorem?
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of rigorously
First recorded in 1400–50; rigorous ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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When Madlib led him out of the hotel room in São Paulo, all the samba schools were training rigorously for the Carnival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It stopped short of recommending financial redress to victims, but called on the government to "rigorously assess" how other countries had responded to historical forced adoption, including Australia, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Yet although professors are free to grade more rigorously, the current incentives strongly discourage them from doing so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Physicists can compare measurements made at facilities such as the LHC with predictions based on the Standard Model to rigorously test the theory.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
But Newton’s genius involved defining these terms rigorously and linking them to each other via a nest of equations—thereby launching the science of mechanics.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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