Word Finder - scrupulous

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Exactly and carefully conducted.

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He is scrupulous in his finances.

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Having scruples or compunctions.

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He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.

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Precise; exact or strict

The revisers aimed at the most scrupulous faithfulness.

I was still excessively scrupulous about everything I wrote.

The work shows extreme diligence, and scrupulous care in the use of authorities.

The town is remarkable for its ordered, regular life and its scrupulous cleanliness.

The leaves are graded with the most scrupulous care and finally packed in bales of about 176 lb each.

Many religious teachers and many revolutionaries were crucified within this period; and the early Christians were outwardly distinguished from other Jews only by their scrupulous observance of religious duties.

Accustomed freely and fearlessly to investigate whatever came before him, and swayed by a scrupulous dread of insincerity, he was doomed to long and anxious hesitation concerning some of the fundamental points of theology before arriving at a firm conviction of the truth of Christianity.

It demands physical strength, sound health, scrupulous cleanliness, good temper, self-control, intelligence and a strong sense of duty.

What's more, since most consignment store owners are scrupulous about the condition of the clothing they sell in their shops, it's rare that you'd find any apparel that's not in like-new condition.

The investigation was carried out with scrupulous scientific rigour upon samples of water taken in every part of the city, at all states of the tide and under various atmospheric conditions.

Jacques Perot thanked the treasurer for her scrupulous work on behalf of all members of the Executive Council.

Many respected lenders do not have any closing costs attached to equity loans, although even the most scrupulous lenders may require home inspections at the expense of the applicant.

The majority of lender programs are beneficial, but some less scrupulous lenders disguise sub-prime mortgage loans as special programs for first time home buyers.

With careful research and scrupulous investigation, however, you can find a truly unique and treasured ring, often at a fraction of the cost of a similar ring in a standard store.

His scrupulous conscientiousness and anxiety to meet every reasonable claim availed him nothing with such antagonists, and the strain was intense and continuous.

Moreover, 73 several other respondents stressed that Gowan was a highly gifted scientist, scrupulous in his attention to detail and immensely industrious.

Collectors are not always entirely scrupulous, I'm afraid.

Every request has to be judged carefully, and that we are doing with scrupulous fairness.

His book is excellent for " beginners " and newcomers to Advaita simply because he covers all the bases with scrupulous honesty.

At a minimum, CF centers recommend avoiding prolonged close contact between people with CF and scrupulous hygiene, including frequent hand washing.

In the wars from Otho to Vespasian they were employed, as Tacitus tells us, even by the most scrupulous generals.

You would not need to be a very scrupulous citizen to take an interest in this book.

However, he is not particularly scrupulous about who he sells his information to.

Its rule was associated in the popular mind with severe administration; hostility to the democratic elements represented by Garibaldi, Crispi, Depretis and Bertani; ruthless imposition and collection of taxes in order to meet the financial engagements forced upon Italy by the vicissitudes of her Risorgimento; strong predilection for Piedmontese, Lombards and Tuscans, and a steady determination, not always scrupulous in its choice of means, to retain executive power and the most important administrative offices of the state for the consorteria, or close corporation, of its own adherents.

They examined the ocean with the most scrupulous care.

Jackson is a perfectionist, requiring many takes of each scene, and insisting on scrupulous detail in all set and model design.

In fact, presidential elections were often felt to turn on the result in these early voting states, and the party managers were none too scrupulous in the means employed to carry them.

But he was scrupulous of the rights of others, and it was his eager desire to further the cause of justice that impressed his French contemporaries.

Resende enjoyed considerable fame in his lifetime, but modern writers have shown that he is neither accurate nor scrupulous.

But `Adi was too scrupulous to employ the public money for raising the pay of his soldiers, whilst Yazid promised mountains of gold.

They formed a basis upon which more national and more scrupulous writers could build their various structures.

The book is too scrupulous, or perhaps too fickle, to permit any detail of significance to remain long in place.

Passionate, not always scrupulous in his choice and use of political weapons, intensely patriotic, loyal with a loyalty based rather or reason than sentiment, quickwitted, prompt in action, determined and pertinacious, he possessed in eminent degree many qualities lacking in other Liberal chieftains.

We may name, besides those already specified - in the Naples Museum, " St Euphemia," a fine early work; in Casa Melzi, Milan, the " Madonna and Child with Chanting Angels " (1461); in the Tribune of the Uffizi, Florence, three pictures remarkable for scrupulous finish; in the Berlin Museum, the " Dead Christ with two Angels "; in the Louvre, the two celebrated pictures of mythic allegory- " Parnassus " and " Minerva Triumphing over the Vices "; in the National Gallery, London, the " Agony in the Garden," the " Virgin and Child Enthroned, with the Baptist and the Magdalen," a late example; the monochrome of " Vestals," brought from Hamilton Palace; the " Triumph of Scipio " (or Phrygian Mother of the Gods received by the Roman Commonwealth), a tempera in chiaroscuro, painted only a few months before the master's death; in the Brera, Milan, the " Dead Christ, with the two Maries weeping," a remarkable tour de force in the way of foreshortening, which, though it has a stunted appearance, is in correct technical perspective as seen from all points of view.

The need for scrupulous cleanliness in the preparation of rubber is now recognized, and the arrangements of a rubber factory in Ceylon or Malaya are comparable with those of the modern dairy.

To his modesty Bossuet bears witness, when he told him to stand up sometimes, and not be always on his knees before a critic. Gibbon vouches for his learning, when (in the 47th chapter) he speaks of "this incomparable guide, whose bigotry is overbalanced by the merits of erudition, diligence, veracity and scrupulous minuteness."

But he was not scrupulous in the means he employed, and he was willing to maintain in power detestable ministers if only they served him efficiently and filled his coffers.

Lastly, the Jansenist " hermitage " a.t Port Royal contributed the historian Tillemont, whose bigotry Edward Gibbon declares to be overbalanced by his erudition, veracity and scrupulous minuteness.

Upon this matter there has been, it is true, some diversity of opinion among modern scholars, but it is now generally admitted, and can be abundantly shown, that he was not only diligent in gathering material, but also far more thorough-going than most writers of antiquity in discriminating between trustworthy and untrustworthy reports, frank in acknowledging his ignorance, scrupulous in indicating his authorities in doubtful cases, less credulous than most of his contemporaries, and unfailingly honest.

Nor was there confidence that those who were purporting to comply with the voluntary ban were being scrupulous in doing so.

Please remember that scrupulous personal hygiene must be observed.

Blind Fashion 's scrupulous attention to detail means you can have total confidence from first inquiry to final dispatch.

Once the Gospels were regarded as inspired, they were copied with scrupulous accuracy and by the most skillful scribes available.

Collectors are not always entirely scrupulous, I 'm afraid.

Jacques Perot thanked the Treasurer for her scrupulous work on behalf of all members of the Executive Council.

Some companies, such as Gaia Herbs, voluntarily enact stringent testing protocols and ensure high quality herbal products, while other no-name brands may not be as scrupulous about their products.

There are plenty of less-than scrupulous lenders online who attempt to take advantage of borrowers looking to buy a mobile home with as little money down as possible.

None the less the state officials of Bohemia, by not very scrupulous means, succeeded in persuading the estates to accept Ferdinand as heir to the throne and to consent to his coronation, which took place at Prague on the 17th of June 1617.

It is not, indeed, to be contended that Rabelais was a man with whom religion was in detail a constant thought, that he had a very tender conscience or a very scrupulous orthodoxy.

The ghost has now been brought back to much of true life again by the skill of the most scrupulous of all restorers, Cavaliere Cavenaghi, who, acting under the authority of a competent commission, and after long and patient experiment, found it possible to secure to the wall the innumerable blistered, mildewed and half-detached flakes and scales of the original work that yet remained, to clear the surface thus obtained of much of the obliterating accretions due to decay and mishandling, and to bring the whole to unity by touching tenderly in with tempera the spots and spaces actually left bare.