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Definition
careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)
- Every see-saw of her breath, every wave of her blood, every pulse singing in her ears, was a voice that joined with nature in revolt against her scrupulousness.4 — The Consequence (35% in)
- If she had said "Yes" instead of "No" he would have kissed her; it had evidently been his intention; but her determined negative deterred his scrupulous heart.4 — The Consequence (39% in)
- But she had been observed almost immediately on her return by some people of scrupulous character and great influence: they had seen her idling in the churchyard, restoring as well as she could with a little trowel a baby's obliterated grave.6 — The Convert (80% in)
There are no more uses of "scrupulous" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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