scrupulous
About 1.07 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Exactly and carefully conducted.
- adjective Having scruples or compunctions.
- adjective Precise; exact or strict.
He is scrupulous in his finances.
- adjective Wrongly feeling guilt or anxiety about one’s morality; suffering from scrupulosity.
Because I have a scrupulous conscience, I sometimes need to be reminded that not everything I do is sinful.
Similar words
conscientious painstaking careful religious meticulous thorough conscientiously detailed earnest earnestly
Often followed by
in care about attention and regard as to of
Word family
scrupulously scrupulousness scrupulousnesses
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