All 7 Uses of
scrupulous
in
The House of Mirth
- As her social talents, backed by Mr. Trenor's bank-account, almost always assured her ultimate triumph in such competitions, success had developed in her an unscrupulous good nature toward the rest of her sex, and in Miss Bart's utilitarian classification of her friends, Mrs. Trenor ranked as the woman who was least likely to "go back" on her.†
Chpt 1.4
- In her inmost heart Lily knew it was not by appealing to the fraternal instinct that she was likely to move Gus Trenor; but this way of explaining the situation helped to drape its crudity, and she was always scrupulous about keeping up appearances to herself.†
Chpt 1.7
- She wanted happiness—wanted it as fiercely and unscrupulously as Lily did, but without Lily's power of obtaining it.†
Chpt 1.14
- She could be as unscrupulous in fighting for herself as she was reckless in courting danger, and whatever came to her hand at such moments was likely to be used as a defensive missile.†
Chpt 2.3
- Yes, he would be kind—Lily, from the threshold, had time to feel—kind in his gross, unscrupulous, rapacious way, the way of the predatory creature with his mate.†
Chpt 2.6
- She had passed beyond the phase of well-bred reciprocity, in which every demonstration must be scrupulously proportioned to the emotion it elicits, and generosity of feeling is the only ostentation condemned.†
Chpt 2.12
- There was no other token of her personality about the room, unless it showed itself in the scrupulous neatness of the scant articles of furniture:
Chpt 2.14 *scrupulous = meticulous (careful attention to detail)
Definition:
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(scrupulous) careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)