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RIGOROUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rigorously mean?
• RIGOROUSLY (adverb)
The adverb RIGOROUSLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: RIGOROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a rigorous manner
Synonyms:
rigorously; strictly
Context example:
he had been trained rigorously by the monks
Pertainym:
rigorous (rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard)
Context examples
Patients are asked a series of rigorously reviewed questions covering common domains and metrics across differing conditions and treatments.
(Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, NCI Thesaurus)
My watch was still unwound, and I am rigorously accustomed to wind it the last thing before going to bed, and many such details.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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