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rigorous [ˈrɪgərəs] adj
1. characterized by or proceeding from rigour; harsh, strict, or severe rigorous discipline 2. severely accurate; scrupulous rigorous book-keeping 3. (esp of weather) extreme or harsh 4. (Mathematics) (Philosophy / Logic) Maths Logic (of a proof) making the validity of the successive steps completely explicit rigorously adv rigorousness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
rigorous adjective 1. strict, hard, firm, demanding, challenging, tough, severe, exacting, harsh, stern, rigid, stringent, austere, inflexible rigorous military training strict kind, easy, soft, relaxed, friendly, weak, loose, gentle, flexible, mild, sympathetic, tolerant, humane, indulgent, lax, lenient, genial, permissive 2. thorough, meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous, nice, accurate, exact, precise, conscientious, punctilious He is rigorous in his control of expenditure. thorough careless, inaccurate, sloppy, loose, incorrect, negligent, unscrupulous, imperfect, haphazard, slapdash, slovenly, inexact, half-hearted Translations rigorous adj (= strict) person, character, discipline, rule, structure, method → streng, strikt; measures → rigoros; (= thorough) book-keeping, work → peinlich genau; analysis, tests → gründlich; with rigorous precision/accuracy → mit äußerster Präzision/peinlicher Genauigkeit; they were rigorous in controlling expenditure → sie nahmen es mit der Ausgabekontrolle sehr genau; he was a very rigorous teacher → er war ein Lehrer, der es sehr genau nahm; he is rigorous about quality → er ist sehr streng, wenn es um Qualität geht (= harsh) climate → streng rigorous [ˈrɪg/ərəs] adj → rigoroso/a rigorous [ˈrɪg/ərəs] adj → rigoroso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This continued for some weeks, the physicians visiting him on alternate days and treating him for two different disorders, with constantly enlarging doses of medicine and more and more rigorous nursing. And not all, perhaps, might I pour into thy rigorous ear! But it was difficult to state intelligibly the grounds of this belief to that man of rigorous logic, if of infinite charity. |
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