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# rigidly

adverb (rigidly)

«rigidly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Rigidly means in a stiff way that does not bend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#m1)
2. Rigidly means very strictly, without changing a rule at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science: materials fixed rigidly do not move. In everyday life and stories: rules rigidly followed, a person standing rigidly with fear. Phrases: «rigidly fixed», «stand rigidly», «rigidly enforced».

### Examples

- The post was fixed rigidly into the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#x1)
- She stood rigidly, too scared to move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#x2)
- The rules are rigidly followed at this school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#x3)
- He sat rigidly in the dentist's chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#x4)
- The frame must be held rigidly while the glue dries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#x5)
- If the chivalric lion be red and rampant, it is rigidly red and rampant; if the sacred ibis stands anywhere on one leg, it stands on one leg for ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/#x6)

### Note

Adverb of «rigid» (stiff, not bending). Opposite: flexibly, loosely.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rigidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rigidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rigidly.html) on Mova free.