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rigorously
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial rigorously has 1 sense
- rigorously(r = adv.all) strictly - in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks"
THESAURUS
rigorously
absolutely, accurately, adamantly, all to pieces, badly, conscientiously, dead, definitely, directly, dourly, even, exactingly, exactly, expressly, exquisitely, faithfully, fiercely, firmly, furiously, fussily, grimly, hardly, harshly, immovably, immutably, implacably, impliably, in all respects, in detail, in every respect, inexorably, inflexibly, intransigently, ipsissimis verbis, ironhandedly, irreconcilably, just, like blazes, like fury, like mad, literally, literatim, madly, meticulously, minutely, nicely, obdurately, painfully, plumb, point-blank, positively, precisely, punctiliously, punctually, refinedly, relentlessly, right, rigidly, roughly, scrupulously, severely, square, squarely, sternly, stiffly, straight, strictly, to the letter, unalterably, unbendingly, unchangeably, uncompromisingly, undeviatingly, unerringly, unregenerately, unrelentingly, unyieldingly, vehemently, venomously, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, violently, virulently, wildly, with a vengeance, with exactitude, with great nicety, with precision, word by word, word for word
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