rigidly

Example Sentences

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Rigidly enforced rules can lead to deadly consequences.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Rigidly combative, when it comes to questions deemed too "personal".

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2010

Rigidly keeping to his share of the starvation rations, he did much more than his share of the work, again & again saved them from foundering by skillful seamanship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rigidly conservative, Mardian later showed much anti-radical fervor but little savvy as chief of the Justice Department's Internal Security Division.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rigidly economical of time, Hunter was always at work, and he had always in view some fresh enterprise.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various