rigorously
/ˈrɪɡ(ə)rəsli
/adverb
1In an extremely thorough and careful way: the court rigorously scrutinises the settlement...
- He argues that the Home Office is rigorously excluding opposing views from the tour.
- He's an agricultural engineer who has been studying ammonia application rigorously for the past four years.
- The rigorously measured geometrical procedures adopted here ought to produce much more reliable reconstructions.
1.1In a way that is strictly applied or adhered to: a blackout was rigorously enforced after darkness [as submodifier]: rigorously honest documentation of confidential experiences...
- Some of the best movie adaptations do not adhere rigorously to the author's text.
- The securities and antitrust laws must be rigorously enforced.
- If the mantra were applied rigorously, then Britain would get rid of farming altogether.
1.2In a harsh and demanding way: the government was punishing traffic law violators more rigorously...
- Her protest was entirely peaceful and caused no damage, but they regarded her as little short of a terrorist and said she would be rigorously prosecuted.
- The deliberately miswritten order has its uses, making it even more important that orders be strictly adhered to and doubtful ones rigorously banned.
- Under his government, the death penalty was reintroduced and freedom of the press was rigorously restricted.
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