scrupulous Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled
- less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance
adjective satellite characterized by extreme care and great effort
painstaking; conscientious.
- conscientious application to the work at hand
- painstaking research
- scrupulous attention to details

L. scrupulosus: cf. F. scrupuleux.

Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak brethren which were scrupulous. Hooker.
Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
Given to making objections; captious. Obs.
Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous faction. Shak.
Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. Obs.
The justice of that cause ought to be evident; not obscrure, not scrupulous. Bacon.
Syn. -- Cautious; careful; conscientious; hesitating. -- Scru"pu*lous*ly, adv. -- Scru"pu*lous*ness, n.