All 7 Uses of
conscientious
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "I will see them both," returned the inspector; "I must conscientiously perform my duty."†
Chpt 13-14 *
- I shall do my duty as conscientiously as I can, and fulfil my promise to the dying man.†
Chpt 25-26
- As to the left-hand one, he conscientiously repeated the same signals, which were finally transmitted to the Minister of the Interior.†
Chpt 61-62
- In short, doctor although I know you to be the most conscientious man in the world, and although I place the utmost reliance in you, I want, notwithstanding my conviction, to believe this axiom, errare humanum est." "Is there one of my brethren in whom you have equal confidence with myself?"†
Chpt 73-74
- He would not, however, yield immediately to the young man's request, but made a few conscientious objections.†
Chpt 81-82
- Well, I have not intercepted your confidence, and yet I know all that as well as you, and I have no conscientious scruples.†
Chpt 93-94
- With this consoling idea, I leave you, madame, and most prudent wife, without any conscientious reproach for abandoning you; you have friends left, and the ashes I have already mentioned, and above all the liberty I hasten to restore to you.†
Chpt 105-106
Definition:
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(conscientious) careful to do what is right--especially to perform duties in a thorough manner