資料來源 : pyDict
嚴謹地
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Scrupulous \Scru"pu*lous\, a. [L. scrupulosus: cf. F.
scrupuleux.]
1. 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.
2. Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence
from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
3. Given to making objections; captious. [Obs.]
Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous
faction. --Shak.
4. 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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
scrupulously
adv : with extreme conscientiousness; "he came religiously every
morning at 8 o'clock" [syn: {conscientiously}, {religiously}]