All 11 Uses
scrupulous
in
Man And Superman
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- Philosophically, Don Juan is a man who, though gifted enough to be exceptionally capable of distinguishing between good and evil, follows his own instincts without regard to the common statute, or canon law; and therefore, whilst gaining the ardent sympathy of our rebellious instincts (which are flattered by the brilliancies with which Don Juan associates them) finds himself in mortal conflict with existing institutions, and defends himself by fraud and farce as unscrupulously as a farmer defends his crops by the same means against vermin.†
Chpt Ded.unscrupulously = unethicallystandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulously means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- The resultant unscrupulous freedom of thought made Byron a greater poet than Wordsworth just as it made Peter a greater king than George III; but as it was, after all, only a negative qualification, it did not prevent Peter from being an appalling blackguard and an arrant poltroon, nor did it enable Byron to become a religious force like Shelley.†
Chpt Ded.unscrupulous = unethicalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulous means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Among the friends to whom I have read this play in manuscript are some of our own sex who are shocked at the "unscrupulousness," meaning the total disregard of masculine fastidiousness, with which the woman pursues her purpose.†
Chpt Ded.unscrupulousness = unethical behaviorstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulousness means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Accordingly, we observe in the man of genius all the unscrupulousness and all the "self-sacrifice" (the two things are the same) of Woman.†
Chpt Ded.
- There is a touch of chivalry in Octavius's scrupulous attention to her, even whilst his whole soul is absorbed by Ann.†
Chpt 1scrupulous = careful to behave ethically and/or diligently
- But you, Tavy, are an artist: that is, you have a purpose as absorbing and as unscrupulous as a woman's purpose.†
Chpt 1unscrupulous = unethicalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulous means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Not unscrupulous.†
Chpt 1
- Quite unscrupulous.†
Chpt 1
- And a woman seeking a husband is the most unscrupulous of all the beasts of prey.†
Chpt 3
- Probably therefore a man whose social position needs constant and scrupulous affirmation without regard to climate: one who would dress thus for the middle of the Sahara or the top of Mont Blanc.†
Chpt 3scrupulous = careful to behave ethically and/or diligently
- she habitually and unscrupulously uses her personal fascination to make men give her whatever she wants.
Chpt 3 *unscrupulously = unethicallystandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulously means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(scrupulous) careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)