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Synonyms for rigorously
The synonym for rigorously recorded in this bank is strictly, in the sense "in a rigorous manner". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for rigorously
- strictlyadverb, in the sense "in a rigorous manner"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for rigorously.
in a rigorous manner
He had been trained rigorously by the monks.
The true synonym
strictly
Same sentence, swapped: He had been trained strictly by the monks.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where rigorously stands in the sentence above.
- furiously
- painfully
- violently
Where rigorously turns up in the game
rigorously is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where rigorously is the trap
- strictlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is purely, in the sense "restricted to something", so rigorously is there to be ruled out.
- rigidlyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is stiffly, in the sense "in a rigid manner", so rigorously is there to be ruled out.
- minutelyadverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is circumstantially, in the sense "in minute detail", and rigorously is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play rigorously
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rigorously reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
rigorously is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.