scrupulously

[ skroo-pyuh-luhs-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that shows strict regard for moral standards or principles:

   He has a reputation as a consistently hardworking and scrupulously honest and fair newspaperman.

2. in a way that shows care or precision:

   The authors have scrupulously researched the culinary culture of the early 18th century.

Other Words From

• hy·per·scru·pu·lous·ly adverb
• un·der·scru·pu·lous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrupulously¹

scrupulous ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Many seemed scrupulously cared for, but in others a rotted half-sprung mattress would block an upper floor window, with trash strewn in the yard.

From Salon

It’s a call to look around and be scrupulously honest about who among us has given up on journalism, why, and if there’s any conceivable way back.

From Slate

Smith contends, after scrupulously parsing the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, that Trump’s conduct “was not official, and, in the alternative, that the Government has rebutted any presumptive immunity for any of the remaining conduct that the Court finds to be official.”

From Salon

On Thursday, she was scrupulously loyal to President Biden and did not try to distance herself from his policies.

From BBC

To his day she still fears staying somewhere new, like a hotel, and will scrupulously check the fire doors and exit routes.

From BBC

Related Words

• carefully
• meticulously