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Definition of Rigidness
1. Noun. The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending.
Generic synonyms: Inelasticity
Specialized synonyms: Inflexibility, Inflexibleness
Derivative terms: Rigid, Rigidify, Rigidify, Rigid, Rigid
2. Noun. The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe.
Generic synonyms: Unadaptability
Antonyms: Flexibility
Derivative terms: Inflexible, Inflexible, Inflexible, Rigid, Rigidify, Rigid, Rigid
Definition of Rigidness
1. n. The quality or state of being rigid.
Definition of Rigidness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being rigid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rigidness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rigidness
Literary usage of Rigidness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in New-England and New-York by Timothy Dwight (1821)
"Charges preferred against the Colonists of New-England, examined; viz.
their separation from the Church of England ; their Superstition; their rigidness; ..."
2. A Legacy of Historical Gleanings by Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney (1875)
"and though his icy fingers have changed those precious lineaments and earthly
forms to marble rigidness, ..."
3. Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Administration by Frederick Smeeton Williams (1888)
"'—rigidness or Elasticity of upers.—Wooden Sleepers.— s.—Chairs.—Keys.—Rails.— .c jj -
s ils Kept Warm.—Fish Plates. llls |'-Steel Rails. ..."
4. Old Church Life in Scotland: Lectures on Kirk-session and Presbytery Records by Andrew Edgar (1885)
"... of Faith—Functions of Kirk Sessions—Discipline—Monk's views and Dr. Hill's
statement— Complaints against Sessions for over-rigidness—Sessional inquiries ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"I. Stiffness, inflexibility, rigidness, want of pliability 4. Sharp, cruel. ...
Severity, rigor, harshness, strictness, austerity, rigidness Rigmarole, n. ..."
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