Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
RIGOROUSLY
rigorously, strictly
(adverb) in a rigorous manner; “he had been trained rigorously by the monks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
rigorously (comparative more rigorously, superlative most rigorously)
In a rigorous manner.
Source: Wiktionary
RIGOROUS
Rig"or*ous, a. Etym: [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See Rigor.]
1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands. Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. De Quincey.
2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
3. Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." Spenser.
Syn.
– Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact.
– Rig"or*ous*ly, adv.
– Rig"or*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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