Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: scrupulous
IPA transcription: [skɹ'upjələs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • 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.