scrupulous
having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous attention to detail in their performance.
Origin of scrupulous
1synonym study For scrupulous
Other words for scrupulous
Opposites for scrupulous
Other words from scrupulous
- scru·pu·los·i·ty [skroo-pyuh-los-i-tee], /ˌskru pyəˈlɒs ɪ ti/, 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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How to use scrupulous in a sentence
Only John Adams, when he came, was shocked in all his scrupulosity to find an American agent living rent-free!
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinThe last virtue human beings will attain, I am inclined to think, is scrupulosity in promising and faithfulness in fulfilment.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) | George EliotIt was the constant prayer of the great and good Bishop Butler that he might be saved from what he called "scrupulosity."
How to be Happy Though Married | E. J. Hardy.Here certainly was scrupulosity; but the error was one that leaned to the right side.
Scotch Wit and Humor | W. H. (Walter Henry) HoweThey prescribed for him, however, and he followed out their regimen with conscientious scrupulosity.
William Hickling Prescott | Harry Thurston Peck
British Dictionary definitions for scrupulous
/ (ˈskruːpjʊləs) /
characterized by careful observation of what is morally right
very careful or precise
Origin of scrupulous
1Derived forms of scrupulous
- scrupulously, adverb
- scrupulousness, noun
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