Both Uses
conscientious
in
The Chrysalids
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- If our neighbours were as conscientious as ourselves, he had no doubt that their liquidations would far outnumber ours: unfortunately there were certain persons with elastic principles.†
Chpt 2 *conscientious = careful to do what is right
- I played my part conscientiously and opened my mind to its most sensitive.†
Chpt 11conscientiously = in a manner that is careful to do what is right
Definitions:
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(1)
(conscientious) careful to do what is right--especially to perform duties in a thorough manner
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)