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

1. (= stiffly) → rígidamente

2. (= strictly) → estrictamente

3. (= inflexibly) → con inflexibilidad, con intransigencia
he is rigidly opposed to it → está totalmente en contra de esto

rigidly [ˈrɪdʒɪdli] adv

(= stiffly) [stand, sit, lie] → tout(e) raide

[enforce, adhere to] → rigoureusement; [controlled, organized] → rigoureusement

[behave] → inflexiblement

rigidly

adv

(lit) stand etc → starr, steif; to stand rigidly to or at attention → in Habachtstellung sein; to sit rigidly upright → steif aufrecht sitzen

(fig) behave, treat → streng, strikt; oppose → stur, strikt; (= intolerantly of others) → unbeugsam

rigidly [ˈrɪdʒɪdlɪ] adv (strictly) → rigorosamente; (inflexibly) → inflessibilmente; (closely) → rigidamente
to stand rigidly to attention → stare impalato/a sull'attenti