- 1careful about paying attention to every detail synonym meticulous You must be scrupulous about hygiene when you're preparing a baby's bottle. scrupulous attention to detail
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- 2scrupulous (in something/in doing something) careful to be honest and do what is right He was scrupulous in all his business dealings. opposite unscrupulous
adverb Her house is scrupulously clean. to be scrupulously honest
noun [uncountable]See scrupulous in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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