scrupulously
In a careful manner, with scrupleIn a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.
» Tom has always been scrupulously honest in his dealings with us.
Meaning
1 sensesIn a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.
скрупулёзноskrupuljózno
- with extreme conscientiousness
Examples
3 sentencesTom has always been scrupulously honest in his dealings with us.
But, from head to foot she was scrupulously clean, and maintained a kind of dislocated tidiness.
Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scFrom scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scrupulous”), from scrūpulus (“anxiety, uneasiness”), diminutive from scrūpus (“sharp stone; anxiety”) + -ulus.
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Forms
more scrupulously, most scrupulously| Comparative | more scrupulously Lesson |
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| Superlative | most scrupulously |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- with extreme conscientiousness:conscientiouslyreligiously
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb