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Definition of Scrupulously
1. Adverb. With extreme conscientiousness. "He came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock"
Definition of Scrupulously
1. Adverb. In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail. ¹
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Definition of Scrupulously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrupulously
Literary usage of Scrupulously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... ;(13) they contented themselves with disobeying the moral precepts, but they
were scrupulously attached to the speculative doctrines, of their religion. ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"When at Jerusalem he observed scrupulously the ceremonial law and became beloved
even by the Pharisees, though he patronized Greek culture and games outside ..."
3. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch (1918)
"One should scrupulously shun disgraceful deeds ; but the anxious fear of ever}' kind
... scrupulously ..."
4. History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1856)
"And would the purchaser be scrupulously —~ inquisitive of the birthplace and
instruction of his laborers ? Besides, the culture of sugar was now ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Josephus intimates that this enactment was scrupulously observed (Bell, jud., IV,
v, 2). The executions cited in support of the opinion are too few, ..."
6. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"a scrupulously faithful antiquary, and one that was deeply versed in the traditions
of his order—the late lolo Morganwg—that King Arthur in his Institutes ..."
7. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"a scrupulously faithful antiquary, and one that was deeply versed in'the traditions
of his order—the late lolo Morganwg—that King Arthur in his Institutes ..."
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