Both Uses of
scrupulous
in
Little Dorrit
- while he seemed to be scrupulously finding good in most men...
Chpt 1.17 *scrupulously = diligently
- But he had spoken to her alone, and had said that people—ha—people in an exalted position, my dear, must scrupulously exact respect from their dependents; and that for her, his daughter, Miss Amy Dorrit, of the sole remaining branch of the Dorrits of Dorsetshire, to be known to—hum—to occupy herself in fulfilling the functions of—ha hum—a valet, would be incompatible with that respect.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(scrupulous) careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)