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scrupulously
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scrupulous \Scru"pu*lous\, a. [L. scrupulosus: cf. F. scrupuleux.] Full of scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong. Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
adv. with extreme conscientiousness; "he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock" [syn: conscientiously , religiously ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.
Usage examples of scrupulously.
But the will of the dead must be scrupulously obeyed, even when we weep over their pertinacity and self-delusion.
Scrupulously, Berry did not inquire of Prew into the nature of the business arrangement.
Her seaworthiness records had been scrupulously kept up to date and she had acquired no fines, penalties, or damages.
That artful prince, instead of discovering the least symptom of impatience, humbly solicited their suffrages for himself or his friends, and scrupulously practised all the duties of an ordinary candidate.
It was scrupulously neat, the two pens, stapler, receipt book, and telephone lined up like soldiers for inspection.
Miss Tranter awaited him, candle in hand, and preceding him up a short flight of ancient and crooked oaken stairs, showed him a small attic room with one narrow bed in it, scrupulously neat and clean.
The Egyptian priests taught, and the people seemed to have implicitly trusted the tale, that there was a long series of hells awaiting the disembodied souls of all who had not scrupulously observed the ritual prescribed for them, and secured the pass words and magical formulas necessary for the safe completion of the post mortal journey.
Religious instruction was part of training, with prayers said five times a day and dietary laws scrupulously kept.
Napoleon was scrupulously respected through the whole of this Saturnalian festivity.
Sergeant Sturm and the other SS menscherner was not scrupulously clean shaven.
The Collective Interplanetary Societies-or CIS-under the guidance of Phon Ton Anaciliact, had helped prove that Petaybee, the planet, was a sentient entity, and Sean and Yana had scrupulously held to the tenets provided by the CIS.
Leslie with dreams of gold and treasure jumped at the chance of excavating within the enclosure, an area which the ancients would have kept swept and scrupulously clean, and therefore much less likely to yield finds of interest.
The voice was scrupulously subdued, as inflexionless as he could make it.
Janusz scrupulously avoided flying over any of the residences and concluded that, as usual, the wealthy had the means to keep out intruders, even airborne ones.
I know it, because he seems so scrupulously careful not to cheat you in small things.