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scrupulous
[ skroo-pyuh-luhs ]
adjective
- having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled:
scrupulous about defending human rights.
Synonyms: ethical, moral, upright, honest, conscientious
- punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact:
a scrupulous attention to detail in their performance.
Synonyms: rigorous, exacting, circumspect, cautious, thorough, meticulous, careful
Antonyms: careless
scrupulous
/ ˈskruːpjʊləs /
adjective
- characterized by careful observation of what is morally right
- very careful or precise
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Derived Forms
- ˈscrupulousness, noun
- ˈscrupulously, adverb
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Other Words From
- scru·pu·los·i·ty [skroo-py, uh, -, los, -i-tee], scru·pu·lous·ness noun
- scru·pu·lous·ly adverb
- hy·per·scru·pu·los·i·ty noun
- hy·per·scru·pu·lous adjective
- hy·per·scru·pu·lous·ness noun
- un·der·scru·pu·lous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scrupulous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scrupulous1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
Nonetheless, the test pilots, both known to be scrupulous in their preparations, felt confident enough to go.
The less scrupulous have made financial hay out of a diagnosis that promises easy access to stimulants.
Imagine what General Electric and Bank of America and Exxon Mobile and every less-than-scrupulous business in America will do.
I was not good, not even scrupulous, but I had no idea of deceiving either myself or Tessie.
And with one Yuletide exception, this scientifically scrupulous view has carried the day.
Keen and canny, they drive a close bargain but, scrupulous and conscientious, fulfil it faithfully.
The labor in pressing and twisting is entirely done by hand, and attended to with the most scrupulous care.
Had I not known him, I should have seen in the scrupulous part in his hair a suggestion of the foppish.
Mr. Giles, dressed with scrupulous care in a full suit of black, was in attendance upon them.
He is too scrupulous to seek to seduce the wife of another; he even fears to contract an illicit intimacy with a maid or a widow.
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