scrupulous

[US]/ˈskruːpjələs/
[UK]/ˈskruːpjələs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. meticulous and careful, absolutely honest, cautious

adv. meticulously

n. meticulousness

Example Sentences

She is scrupulous to a degree.

a scrupulous businessman

scrupulous attention to detail

Poets are not so scrupulous as you are.

he was scrupulous in refusing to descend to misrepresentation.

He is not over-scrupulous in his business.

the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail.

she's too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man.

Real-world Examples

The secretary is scrupulous about her dress.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

They surveyed the sea with scrupulous care.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

We are scrupulous about hygiene here at Audley End.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

She ascended to her bedroom and dressed herself with scrupulous care.

Source: Returning Home

As producers of new journalism, they can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Yet even (or especially) now, scrupulous filmmakers can expose lies instead of spreading them, as Mr Loznitsa shows.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The officers on watch rushed to the craft's stern. They examined the ocean with the most scrupulous care.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Five)

Flora obeyed Elvira's injunctions with the most scrupulous observance.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

For the more morally scrupulous amongst you though, just stick with the Phalanx.

Source: Defeating the movie moguls

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