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
The Guardian defended what it said was a "careful and thorough investigation conducted conscientiously" by its journalists.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
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
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
But beneath that soft gentleness there was something stubborn in her, and no matter how conscientiously he studied it all out, he could not understand the gentle stubbornness in his wife.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
