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rigorously

[rig-er-uhs-lee] / ˈrɪg ər əs li /


ADVERB
difficultly
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ADVERB
strictly
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A British-born veteran of Vietnam, he concluded after the 1993 bombing that the terrorists would return, and he rigorously rehearsed evacuation plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Chris Smith, the University of Cambridge's chancellor, told the BBC he believed it was important for such claims to be "rigorously investigated".

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Anthropic said it worked rigorously to ensure Claude responds in a balanced way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

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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