Antonyms for scrupulous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : skroo-pyuh-luhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskru pyə ləs

Definition of scrupulous

Origin : mid-15c., from Anglo-French scrupulus, Middle French scrupuleux, or directly from Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see scruple). Related: Scrupulously; scrupulousness.

adj extremely careful

Example sentences :

He had once been too scrupulous in not wounding vanity; he was now too indifferent to it.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

But I am afraid that you was too scrupulous: for did he not resent that reference?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

He advised her to be scrupulous in her turn, and to ask a copy of the agreement.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

She also was smartly dressed, with her dazzling linen and scrupulous neatness.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

A cigar the other handed him he took mechanically and lighted with scrupulous care.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

Though not foppish, he was scrupulous to a degree about his dress.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

Everything was managed with scrupulous formality and courtesy.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

And supposing he told you not to be scrupulous about trifles?
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

On such occasions he was scrupulous in assuming a frock-coat and a silk hat.
Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

Both were absorbed in the story, and every picture was examined with scrupulous care.
Extract from : « Plantation Sketches » by Margaret Devereux

Synonyms for scrupulous

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