Synonyms:
conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous
Meaning: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
Synonyms:
scrupulous
Meaning: having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance"
Usage examples
Scrupulous morality of conduct
Arrayed with scrupulous neatness
She was sorry that he was so scrupulous. She longed to have him hold her against his heart.
The clause which permitted scrupulous persons to communicate sitting very narrowly escaped the same fate.
They were not more magnanimous in their victory than scrupulous in the means by which they had gained it.
They can only be separated by analysis, and a scrupulous mind might even ask whether one has the right to separate them.
'I got them this morning - cook - and I'd quite forgotten,' he explained as he divided them with scrupulous fairness into four heaps.
There was a scrupulous delicacy and a careful and even ceremonious politeness in their attitude toward me which was at once amazing and delightful.
The Beaver had counted with scrupulous care, Attending to every word: But it fairly lost heart, and outgrabe in despair, When the third repetition occurred.
William saw that he must not think of paying to the laws of Scotland that scrupulous respect which he had wisely and righteously paid to the laws of England.