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rigorous

/ˈɹɪɡɚəs/

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What does rigorous mean?

adjective

  1. Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
  2. Severe; intense.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹɪɡɚəs/

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But it was difficult to state intelligibly the grounds of this belief to that man of rigorous logic, if of infinite charity.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
To learn the importance of rigorous and careful pruning, observe the shoots of a vigorous peach-tree, say three or four years old.
Edward Payson RoeThe Home AcreProject Gutenberg ebook #5418
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They were the noisiest and most quarrelsome birds we had, but their advent, we hoped, marked the return of less rigorous weather.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
Until it does, no precaution too rigorous can be taken, no safety appliance, however costly, must be omitted from a ship's equipment.
Lawrence BeesleyThe Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its LessonsProject Gutenberg ebook #6675
In the most rigorous winter the inhabitants of the Alps work with bare breasts and the children sport about in the snow.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747