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Definition
careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)
- you were not very scrupulous in the means you used.Adventure VII — The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (82% in)
scrupulous = ethical
There are no more uses of "scrupulous" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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