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Definition
careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)
- He is so very strict and scrupulous in his notions;Chapter 12 (6% in)
scrupulous = careful to behave ethically and/or diligently
- He is so very strict and scrupulous in his notions; over-scrupulous I must say.Chapter 12 (6% in)
- Do not you think, Anne, it is being over-scrupulous?Chapter 12 (6% in)
- If we were not related, it would not signify; but as cousins, she would feel scrupulous as to any proposal of ours.Chapter 18 (36% in)
There are no more uses of "scrupulous" in Persuasion.
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