Meaning

1 senses
  1. In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.

    скрупулёзноskrupuljózno

More definitions
  • with extreme conscientiousness

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom has always been scrupulously honest in his dealings with us.

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  2. But, from head to foot she was scrupulously clean, and maintained a kind of dislocated tidiness.

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  3. Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
in a careful manner:

Origin

From scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, sc

From 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
Comparativemore scrupulously Lesson
Superlativemost scrupulously

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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