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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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High-achieving students would also have an incentive to avoid overly lenient classes or even encourage professors to grade more rigorously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 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

YouTube said its hate speech policy "outlines clear guidelines prohibiting content that promotes violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on certain attributes. We enforce this policy rigorously."

From BBC • May 28, 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

The fact was, our whole team was so rigorously prepared that any one of us could have competed in the all-around.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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