scrupulous
3
7.2
- adjective
- /ˈskruːpjələs/
:
escrupuloso
- Although Erin had hated her old locks, she had taken scrupulous care of them.
- scrupulous attention
- scrupulous care
I mean, but there would be planning, scrupulous planning.
- I mean, but there would be planning, scrupulous planning.
- Advocating scrupulous attentiveness, he berates his readers for drifting off, for going after short term satisfaction.
Examples
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While today's community colleges commit to scrupulous use of resources, they also recognize their limitations.
Academic text (2015) -
As an accountant, she was scrupulous about verifying every number in the financial report.
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None of it had much to do with me, but I kept a scrupulous record.
Fiction book (1996) -
I am scrupulous about taking off anything wet as soon as I can.
Fiction book (2002) -
We have built a reputation for scrupulous accuracy... with regard to matters of fact.
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Precision measurement requires scrupulous attention to small effects.
Academic text (2002) -
Successful wood residuals processing companies are scrupulous about controlling quality and meeting their customers' requirements.
Academic text (1995) -
To succeed at these tasks, a writer has to keep scrupulous notes and plan meticulously.
Academic text (2011) -
New and innovative teacher education programs must have clearly focused curricula and be subjected to scrupulous inquiry.
Academic text (1992) -
Klee had always been a little impatient with Gray's scrupulous attention to every legality.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
205
4.6
Shows careful attention to every detail and leaves nothing out
106
4.4
Careful about small details and hard to please
58
8.6
Being very careful about small details
49
5.9
Careful and serious about doing work the right way
37
3.6
To work carefully and try hard to finish tasks
19
3.2
Paying careful attention to what is happening
13
6.1
Being very careful and using a lot of effort
8
8.0
Very careful about small details and being clean, often hard to please
3
8.2
Being careful and hardworking, showing steady effort over time
1
8.9
Being very careful about small details and correct behaviour
1
7.2
Tends to want everything done without any mistakes
1
8.9
Working carefully and steadily with a lot of effort
Very careful about small details
To pay careful attention to what is happening
Antonyms
How Careful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scrupulous comes from the Latin scrupus, 'sharp stone', and the related word scruple suggests a small doubt that makes you check things again. So to be scrupulous is to be very exact and careful about details.