rigorously

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈrɪɡərəsli/ UK /ˈrɪɡərəsli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a strict, thorough, or exacting manner

Each claim was rigorously tested before publication.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a strict, thorough, or... strictly thoroughly meticulouslyexactinglyscrupulously stringently

Opposites

loosely carelessly laxly casually

Word family

Related forms rigorous rigor rigid

Etymology

From rigorous + -ly, from Latin rigorosus, from rigor ('stiffness, hardness'), from rigere ('to be stiff').

rigor Latin rigere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# rigorously

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɪɡərəsli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈrɪɡərəsli/

## Meanings
1. in a strict, thorough, or exacting manner

## Examples
- Each claim was rigorously tested before publication.

## Synonyms
- strictly
- thoroughly
- meticulously
- exactingly
- scrupulously
- stringently

## Antonyms
- loosely
- carelessly
- laxly
- casually

## Related Forms
- rigorous
- rigor
- rigid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rigor
- Root: rigere

## Etymology
From rigorous + -ly, from Latin rigorosus, from rigor ('stiffness, hardness'), from rigere ('to be stiff').

## AI Etymology
Rigorously comes from rigorous + -ly, from Latin rigorosus, from rigor ('stiffness, hardness'), from rigere ('to be stiff'). The historical chain includes Latin rigor and Latin rigere. Older glosses in the chain include "stiffness, hardness" and "to be stiff", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, rigorously is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adverb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adverb, with the sense "in a strict, thorough, or exacting manner". related forms include rigorous, rigor, and rigid. The result is an English adverb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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