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scrupulously

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˈskɹuːpjʊləsli/Part of speech adverbSorted clloprssuuuyStarts with SEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. with extreme conscientiousness

Word origin

From scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scrupulous”), from scrūpulus (“anxiety, uneasiness”), diminutive from scrūpus (“sharp stone; anxiety”) + -ulus.

Used in a sentence

  • They were frightened when he threatened this, and promised to obey him scrupulously if he would but promise not to desert them.
  • Stock is generally well maintained, and the locomotives and railcars are kept scrupulously clean. The former are painted an unrelieved black, and the latter blue and cream, while the coaches are grey.

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