scrupulous
adjective
- extremely careful to do the precisely right, proper, or correct thing in every last detail; most punctilious
- showing extreme care, precision, and punctiliousness
- extremely conscientious
- full of scruples; hesitant, doubtful, or uneasy, esp. constantly and obsessively, in deciding what is morally right or wrong
See scrupulous in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(skro͞oˈpyə-ləs)
adjective- Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous.
- Having scruples; principled.
Related Forms:
- scruˌpu·losˈi·ty (-lŏsˈĭ-tē), scruˈpu·lous·ness (-ləs-nĭs) noun
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