Lexic.us

Definition of Scrupulous

1. Adjective. Having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled. "Less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance"

2. Adjective. Characterized by extreme care and great effort. "Scrupulous attention to details"

Definition of Scrupulous

1. a. Full of scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.

Definition of Scrupulous

1. Adjective. Exactly and carefully conducted. ¹

2. Adjective. Having scruples or compunctions. ¹

3. Adjective. Precise; exact or strict ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrupulous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrupulous

scruple scrupled scrupleless scrupler scruplers scruples scrupling scrupulist scrupulists scrupulize

scrupulized scrupulizes scrupulizing scrupulosities scrupulosity scrupulous (current term) scrupulously scrupulousness scrupulousnesses scrutability

scrutable scrutation scrutations scrutator scrutin de liste scrutin de liste system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system scrutineer scrutineered

Literary usage of Scrupulous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"As it was, the scrupulous care with which governors like Murray and Carleton (see CARLE- TON, SIR GUY) carried out the policy of toleration reassured the ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... though the judicial murder of Campion and the iniquitous sentence on Davison show that in crown cases Wray was by no means too scrupulous, it is unfair ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is true that in these new subjects the artist displayed the same scrupulous conscientiousness of which he had given proof in his earlier manner. ..."

4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"So strict and scrupulous has been the policy of South Carolina, that there is no instance in that state, since the Revolution, of a divorce of any kind, ..."

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