conscientious
adjective
governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled.
conscientiously
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a word derived from
conscientious.
Example Sentences
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People who conscientiously oppose military service have since 1996 been permitted to perform civilian service instead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Over time, Dayton toned down the rhetoric; rather than polemicizing about blood-stained roads, he encouraged other scientists to “carefully and conscientiously amass the facts and findings.”
From Slate ● May 25, 2024
Mr Marshall said it was "unclear" how lawyers who knew about this issue in 2010 "could have conscientiously continued to be engaged in the prosecution of postmasters".
From BBC ● May 3, 2024
He brings Wolfe’s Charlie to bigger-than-life life, and manages even to evoke a viewer’s sympathetic interest, between conscientiously undermining it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
Hearing his mother open the lunch pail and then gasp with rage, a memory stabbed him and he trotted away toward the barn, conscientiously not hearing the angry voice that called him from the house.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
