Synonyms for scrupulously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : skroo-pyuh-luhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskru pyə ləs

Définition of scrupulously

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

adv exactly

Example sentences :

Gilder scrupulously followed the directions of the Police Inspector.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

I was scrupulously careful not to do so, for I did imagine something like what has happened.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

Debt he looked upon as the road to ruin, and he scrupulously shunned it.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

But the end is so desirable that the means must not be too scrupulously considered.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

Dwellings will be artistic, æsthetic and scrupulously clean.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

These exceedingly low rates have always been scrupulously maintained.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

She walked composedly to the door and Anne scrupulously held it for her.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

I have done so scrupulously, and your lordship has therefore broken your word.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

These are the only titles the Burman knows, and they always are given most scrupulously.
Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding

The Tabu was always most scrupulously regarded, after this, whenever employed.
Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott

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