All 5 Uses of
scrupulous
in
The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Newson would have rewarded the old woman as far as her small means afforded had she not discreetly borne in mind that it was by that unscrupulous person's liquor her husband had been degraded.
Chpt 3 *unscrupulous = unethicalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulous means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- The days came but not the visitor, though Lucetta repeated her dressing with scrupulous care.†
Chpt 22scrupulous = careful to behave ethically and/or diligently
- This scrupulosity was so well understood by the landlord that the whole company was served in cups of that measure.†
Chpt 33scrupulosity = the state of behaving ethically and/or diligently
- "I know what you think," deprecated Henchard running after, almost bowed down with despair as he perceived the image of unscrupulous villainy that he assumed in his former friend's eyes.†
Chpt 40unscrupulous = unethicalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulous means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- He cursed himself like a less scrupulous Job, as a vehement man will do when he loses self-respect, the last mental prop under poverty.†
Chpt 40scrupulous = careful to behave ethically and/or diligently
Definition:
careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)