RIGOROUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rigorously mean? 

• RIGOROUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb RIGOROUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a rigorous manner

  Familiarity information: RIGOROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGOROUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a rigorous manner

Synonyms:

rigorously; strictly

Context example:

he had been trained rigorously by the monks

Pertainym:

rigorous (rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard)

 Context examples 

Patients are asked a series of rigorously reviewed questions covering common domains and metrics across differing conditions and treatments.

(Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, NCI Thesaurus)

My watch was still unwound, and I am rigorously accustomed to wind it the last thing before going to bed, and many such details.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)