rigid vs strong-handed

rigid

adj
  • Uncompromising. 

  • Stiff, rather than flexible. 

  • Fixed, rather than moving. 

  • Rigorous and unbending. 

noun
  • An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship. 

  • A bicycle with no suspension system. 

strong-handed

adj
  • Resolute; unwavering and dauntless. 

  • Forceful or vigorous. 

  • Strongly lateralized. 

  • Firm; strict and harshly enforced. 

  • Having hands that are strong; by extension, Strong, mighty 

adv
  • With the gun held in hands braced against each other. 

  • In a strong-handed manner. 

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