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rig·or·ous  (rgr-s)
adj.
1. Characterized by or acting with rigor: a rigorous program to restore physical fitness.
2. Full of rigors; harsh: a rigorous climate.
3. Rigidly accurate; precise. See Synonyms at burdensome.

rigor·ous·ly adv.
rigor·ous·ness n.

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
Adj.1.rigorous - rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
exact - marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
2.rigorous - demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
demanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

rigorous
Translations
rigorous [ˈrɪgərəs] ADJriguroso
rigorous [ˈrɪgərəs] adj
[test, training, standards, analysis, checks, selection, control] → rigoureux/euse
[person] → rigoureux/euse
to be rigorous in sth → être rigoureux/euse dans qch
to be rigorous in doing sth → être rigoureux/euse lorsqu'il s'agit de faire qch
rigorous
adj
(= strict) person, character, discipline, rule, structure, methodstreng, strikt; measuresrigoros; (= thorough) book-keeping, workpeinlich genau; analysis, testsgründlich; with rigorous precision/accuracymit äußerster Präzision/peinlicher Genauigkeit; they were rigorous in controlling expendituresie nahmen es mit der Ausgabekontrolle sehr genau; he was a very rigorous teacherer war ein Lehrer, der es sehr genau nahm; he is rigorous about qualityer ist sehr streng, wenn es um Qualität geht
(= harsh) climatestreng
rigorous [ˈrɪgrəs] adjrigoroso/a
rigorous [ˈrɪgrəs] adjrigoroso/a


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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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