scrupulously
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau used X to demand that Honduran “electoral authorities and the military . . . adhere scrupulously and faithfully to the laws and Constitution of Honduras.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
But the scrupulously low-key Rubio was not about to do it in public.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
His book conveys both candor and a rigorous attempt to not only scrupulously point out mistakes Adams feels he made, but to “help people understand why you made the mistake.”
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2024
To his day she still fears staying somewhere new, like a hotel, and will scrupulously check the fire doors and exit routes.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024
He addressed me precisely in his ordinary manner, or what had, of late, been his ordinary manner—one scrupulously polite.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.