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01. The rules regarding attendance and homework are very [rigid] in that institution.
02. She went to a Catholic school where they had [rigid] regulations against dating.
03. The social rules prohibiting marriage between different classes are [rigidly] followed.
04. My professor has very [rigid] views on the subject.
05. These new paper plates are quite [rigid], even when they get wet.
06. We need some fairly [rigid] cardboard to make signs with.
07. The dead body was quite [rigid], and had apparently been there for a while.
08. The young boy stood [rigidly] against the building wall as the large dog ran by.
09. The [rigidity] of these structures makes them vulnerable to cracks in the event of an earthquake.
10. Joseph Collins once said that by starving emotions, we become humorless, [rigid] and stereotyped.
11. Concrete is a much more [rigid] building material than wood.
12. The division of labor in rural Laos is almost as [rigid] now as it was generations ago.
13. The people of Albania suffered under a [rigid] communist government for 48 years.
14. Research suggests that compared to most western European countries, there are less [rigid] class barriers in the United States.
15. The branch we found had the necessary [rigidity] to hold up our tent.
16. In England in the 1800s, women were [rigidly] excluded from the professions and education.
17. In spite of [rigid] population controls which permit only one child per family in some areas, China's population is just over 1.25 billion.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • rigid — 1 *stiff, inflexible, tense, stark, wooden Analogous words: *firm, hard, solid: compact, *close: tough, tenacious, *strong Antonyms: elastic Contrasted words: resilient, flexible, supple, springy (see ELASTIC) 2 …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • rigid — RIGÍD, Ă, rigizi, de, adj. 1. Care nu se deformează sub acţiunea forţelor exterioare. ♦ Care este lipsit de flexibilitate; ţeapăn, neflexibil. 2. fig. (Despre oameni) Care nu îngăduie abateri; dur, sever, neînduplecat, intransigent. ♦ (Despre… …   Dicționar Român

  • Rigid — Rig id, a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. {Rigor}. ] 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. [1913 Webster] Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, not lax or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rigid — [rij′id] adj. [L rigidus < rigere, to be stiff, numb < IE base * (s)rig , cold > FRIGID] 1. not bending or flexible; stiff and hard [a rigid metal girder] 2. not moving; set 3. severe; strict; exacting [a rigid taskmaster] 4 …   English World dictionary

  • Rigid VI — Rigid the Sixth was a devoted husband and father, and was also very fond of animals, in marked contrast to his predecessors who had spent most of their spare time shooting arrows into the wild boars who roamed the palace corridors. Rigid was also …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • Rigid — (v. lat.), 1) starr, spröde; 2) streng, hart, unerbittlich; daher Rigidiōres (Strengere), welche an dem Lehrbegriff der Kirche streng halten. Rigidisten, eine Partei der Jansenisten, welche auf ein festes Halten an der alten Kirchenordnung… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Rigīd — (lat.), starr, streng; Rigidität, Strenge …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rigid — Rigīd (lat.), starr, streng; Rigidität, Starrheit, Strenge …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rigid — Rigid, lat. dtsch., starr, steif, spröde; streng, hart; R. ität, Steifheit, Starrheit; Strenge …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • rigid — I adjective austere, dour, durus, exact, exacting, firm, firmly set, fixed, flinty, formal, hard, harsh, hidebound, indurate, indurated, indurative, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, motionless, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox,… …   Law dictionary

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