rigidly

English

Etymology

From rigid +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd.li/

Adverb

rigidly (comparative more rigidly, superlative most rigidly)

1. In a rigid manner; stiffly.
   • 1952 December, 'Mercury', “Modern French Locomotive Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 804:

     What could have been done by such a machine downhill can only be conjectured, for the maximum speed was restricted rigidly to 80 m.p.h.

Translations

in a rigid manner

• Catalan: rígidament (ca)
• Finnish: jäykästi (fi)
• French: rigidement (fr)
• Galician: rixidamente
• Hungarian: mereven (hu)
• Italian: rigidamente (it)
• Norman: rigidement
• Portuguese: rigidamente (pt)
• Spanish: rígidamente (es)

References

• “rigidly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.