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rigidly



ADVERB
unchangeably
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But an officer praised for enforcing rules can also face criticism for applying them too rigidly without taking into account ground realities.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

It is also highly flexible, allowing it to move along with brain tissue rather than pressing rigidly through it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Whatever agendas they may personally espouse, these writers are too alert to the messiness of history and human nature to be rigidly ideological in their work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

But the main witness, the police officer who had initially confronted Gamble, was grim-faced, rigidly polite, and completely serious about his claims.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

It is true that our society is stratified, and very rigidly stratified, on what at first sight appear to be hereditary lines.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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