rigorously

adverb

Definition of rigorouslynext
as in strictly
without any relaxation of standards or precision a rigorously accurate accounting of the war casualties

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Recent Examples of rigorously Emergency services in Greece are rigorously battling wildfires across the country, a day after two firefighting helicopters collided in midair, killing two crew members. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Aug. 2026 These new efforts are part of a separate wave, in which people are now making an effort to rigorously ensure that the results are also high quality. — ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026 When Madlib led him out of the hotel room in São Paulo, all the samba schools were training rigorously for the Carnival. — Harry Levin, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 The challenge now is ensuring that these pieces are interpreted carefully, validated rigorously and used to strengthen, not replace, the deeper scientific work still needed to understand and protect ocean life. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 But science has always been driven by bold, challenging ideas that are then rigorously tested and refined. — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026 Significant optimization is required to scale the technology up for municipal recycling plants, and its long-term economic viability still needs to be rigorously tested. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026 All of our stories are rigorously fact-checked, nonpartisan and free to read. — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026 Patients depend on the agency to evaluate therapies rigorously and fairly; innovators depend on predictable regulatory pathways; and investors depend on confidence that scientific evidence will guide decision-making. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigorously
  1. strictly
  2. carefully
Adverb
  • There have been multiple sightings, but up to this point, neither of them have addressed whether this is strictly an employer-employee relationship or if there's a classic QB1-model dynamic taking place.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The scratchy, sketchy linework goes for an impression of people and places rather than strictly realistic representation; the backgrounds mostly stripped away.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of strictly
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  • After securing Swift in its grasp, LINK will carefully fire its three ion thrusters, aiming to boost the observatory back to its original orbit over the course of two to three months.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Voyagers have been skirting this dismal fate for years now, with NASA engineers carefully monitoring each spacecraft’s power supplies and plotting out when to turn off individual instruments to keep the missions going as long as possible.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of carefully

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