All 4 Uses of
scrupulous
in
Lucky by Sebold
- Hers came from having taught school all her life and being scrupulous with her savings.
Chpt 5 *scrupulous = careful
- My mother had always taught us to be scrupulous when wearing a skirt by smoothing it out before sitting down.†
Chpt 11
- I had used the same phone two years before to call my parents, but I had scrupulously avoided it since then.†
Chpt 13
- Both of them, though scrupulously avoiding each other, were more than willing to sit guard.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(scrupulous) careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)