Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RIG'OR-OUS-LY
RIG'OR-OUS-LY, adv.
- Severely; without relaxation, abatement or mitigation; as, a sentence rigorously executed.
- Strictly; exactly; with scrupulous nicety; rigidly. The people would examine his works more rigorously than himself. – Dryden.
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