All 3 Uses
rigorous
in
Jane Eyre
(Edited)
- where firm fields of ice, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the multiplied rigours of extreme cold.
p. 10.9rigours = difficultiesunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use rigors.
- A negotiation was opened through the medium of the ambassador, Sam; and after much pacing to and fro, till, I think, the said Sam's calves must have ached with the exercise, permission was at last, with great difficulty, extorted from the rigorous Sibyl, for the three to wait upon her in a body.
p. 225.7rigorous = difficult (or strict about how things should be done)
- Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour; stringent are they; inviolate they shall be.
p. 365.5 *rigour = difficultyunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use rigor.
Definitions:
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(1)
(rigorous as in: we follow a rigorous procedure) thorough and careful procedures
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(2)
(rigorous as in: a rigorous math class) difficult and demanding
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(3)
(rigorous as in: rigorous enforcement) strict when enforcing rules
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)