All 3 Uses of
scrupulous
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- 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.†
Chpt 4 *scrupulousness = the state of behaving ethically and/or diligently
- 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.†
Chpt 4scrupulous = careful to behave ethically and/or diligently
- 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.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)