rigidly

Thân thiện

He sat rigidly in the wooden chair.

Definition

Adverb: In a rigid manner; characterized by being stiff, inflexible, or strictly adherent to rules, standards, or a particular form.

Usage

The adverb "rigidly" describes how an action is performed with complete stiffness, strictness, or lack of deviation. It modifies verbs to indicate that something is done in an unbending, inflexible, or precisely fixed way.

Examples

• The soldier stood rigidly at attention throughout the ceremony.
• The company rigidly enforces its dress code policy.
• She held onto the railing rigidly, afraid of slipping on the ice.
• The old rules were applied rigidly, without consideration for new circumstances.

Advanced Usage

• "rigidly defined": Having boundaries or meanings that are fixed and not open to interpretation.
  • The roles within the traditional family were rigidly defined.
• "rigidly adhere to": To follow a rule, principle, or plan with strict and uncompromising exactness.
  • He rigidly adheres to his daily schedule.

Variants and Related Words

• Rigid (adjective): Stiff and not flexible; not able to be changed.
  • a rigid structure; rigid beliefs
• Rigidity (noun): The quality or state of being rigid.
  • the rigidity of the material; intellectual rigidity

Synonyms

• Stiffly
• Inflexibly
• Strictly
• Unbendingly
• Firmly

Antonyms

• Flexibly
• Loosely
• Fluidly
• Elasticly

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a rigid manner
   • the body was rigidly erect
   • he sat bolt upright

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stiffly
• bolt