rigidly
/ˈrɪdʒɪdli
/adverb
1In a strict or exacting way: the rigidly disciplined world of gymnastics...
- The concert hall is a gerontocracy, its decorum enforced more rigidly than in places of worship, its exclusiveness innate.
- The research methodology was highly sophisticated, carefully controlled, rigidly conducted, and verifiably sound.
- It's very difficult for anyone who's been rigidly trained in a certain style of dance.
2In a stiff or inflexible way: a rigidly fixed exchange rate...
- Lateral wind loads are taken up by secondary internal tensile nets rigidly connected to the planar assembly by a series of tension and compression rods.
- Sometimes he sticks perhaps a little too rigidly to the composer's precise notation.
- There were strong reactions against the style of the rigidly symmetrical, simplified classical design.