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rigorous
/ˈɹɪɡɚəs/
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What does rigorous mean?
adjective
- Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
- 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.
To learn the importance of rigorous and careful pruning, observe the shoots of a vigorous peach-tree, say three or four years old.
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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.
Until it does, no precaution too rigorous can be taken, no safety appliance, however costly, must be omitted from a ship's equipment.
In the most rigorous winter the inhabitants of the Alps work with bare breasts and the children sport about in the snow.