rigidly

rig·id  (rjd)

adj.

1. Not flexible or pliant; stiff.

2. Not moving; fixed.

3. Marked by a lack of flexibility; rigorous and exacting: "We have watered down a rigid training . . . until we now have an educational diet in many of our public high schools that nourishes neither the classes nor the masses" (Agnes Meyer).

4. Scrupulously maintained or performed: rigid discipline. See Synonyms at stiff.

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[Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus, from rigre, to be stiff; see reig- in Indo-European roots.]

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rigid·ly adv.

rigid·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

rigidly - in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright" bolt, stiffly

Translations

rigidly [ˈrɪdʒɪdlɪ] adv → rígidamente (= inflexibly); inflexiblemente

rigidly [ˈrɪdʒɪdlɪ] adv → rigidement; [behave] → inflexiblement

rigidly [ˈrɪdʒɪdlɪ] rigid adv (hold, fix etc) → starr;

(control, interpret) → streng

rigidly [ˈrɪdʒɪdlɪ] adv → rigidamente