Literary notes about rigorously (AI summary)
The term "rigorously" in literature is employed to convey a sense of strict precision and thoroughness, whether in enforcing rules, detailing meticulous behavior, or showcasing exacting standards in intellectual inquiry. It appears in contexts ranging from prohibitions against certain actions, as when conversation is deliberately limited [1], to the meticulous enforcement of discipline in military or legal codes [2, 3]. Authors use it to describe the careful observance of fasting rituals [4, 5], the unwavering application of scientific or artistic methods [6, 7], and even the scrupulous adherence to social or religious norms [8, 9]. In each instance, "rigorously" serves to intensify the narrative by highlighting an uncompromising commitment to order and precision.
- "Well, I mean to my face, as you do," she went on, allowing herself to be further lured into a conversation that intention had rigorously forbidden.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy - (4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced?
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi - Capitation taxes are levied at little expense; and, where they are rigorously exacted, afford a very sure revenue to the state.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - So long as the symptoms are at their height, she must fast rigorously.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer - In this cabin he shuts up his daughter so that she cannot see the light, and there she remains fasting rigorously for four days.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer - The rigorously scientific mind may, in truth, easily overshoot the mark.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - But the rest of the plan, including its final upshot, would be rigorously determined once for all.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - This people did punish adultery most rigorously; for to commit it was death as well for the man as the woman.
— from The English-American, His Travail by Sea and Land: or, A New Survey of the West-India's by Thomas Gage - The older criminalists had a notion of the truth, and have rigorously limited the putting of suggestive questions.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
