scrupulouslyadv.
/ˈskruːpjʊləsli/ In a scrupulous manner; with scruple, doubt, or cautiousness; with conscientious strictness; with minute care or punctilious exactness.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adverb] > conscientiously > meticulously
scrupulously1541
punctually1598
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with scrupulous care or attention to detail
narrowlyeOE
narrowOE
wellOE
busilyc1225
inwardly?c1225
closely1509
nearly1540
near1560
searchingly1574
nicely1597
exactly1612
strictly1632
close1642
pressly1642
scrutinously1650
minutely1690
scrupulously1712
tightly1758
keenly1824
slippery1828
meticulously1961
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly
strait1338
smally1340
at point devicec1390
point-devicec1425
precisely1526
to the point device1542
just1549
rigorously1561
by the square1570
curiously1573
by point device1575
in print1576
to a tittle1597
nicelya1616
to a hair's breadtha1616
point-vice1641
to a nicka1680
to a cow's thumb1681
to a tee1693
narrowly1708
scrupulously1712
to a dot1728
perjinkly1775
to a nicety1795
astringently1866
to a fit1890
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 51 Most diligently, and as I mought say, most scrupulously to be obserued.
1696 T. Tryon Misc. ii. 33 'Tis well known how Scrupulously the Pythagoreans..abstained from Flesh.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 291. ¶9 Works..which are scrupulously exact and conformable to all the Rules of correct Writing.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. ii. 66 An elderly woman, somewhat rough-looking, but scrupulously clean.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 56 In all this, by Pope's own showing, Addison seems to have been scrupulously fair.
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