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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a rigorous manner.
  • Severely; without relaxation, mitigation, or abatement; relentlessly; inexorably; mercilessly: as, a sentence rigorously executed.
  • Strictly; severely; exactly; precisely; with scrupulous nicety.

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  • adverb In a rigorous manner.

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  • adverb in a rigorous manner

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rigorous +‎ -ly

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