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adj. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous.

adj. Having scruples; principled.

adj. Exactly and carefully conducted.

adj. Having scruples or compunctions.

adj. Precise; exact or strict

adj. Full of scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.

adj. Careful; cautious; exact; nice.

adj. Given to making objections; captious.

adj. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.

Inclined to scruple; hesitating to determine or to act; cautious from a fear of erring; especially, having scruples of conscience.

Given to making objections; captious.

Nice; doubtful.

Exact; precise; rigorous; punctilious.

adj. having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort

"'I know you, my dear Mandlebert, to be, by nature, penetrating and minute in your observations; which, in your general commerce with the world, will protect both your understanding and your affections from the usual snares of youth: But here – to be even scrupulous is not enough; to avoid all danger of repentance, you must become positively distrustful.'"

religious    careful   

unscrupulous   

conscientious    fastidious    hesitating    exact   

conscientious    cautious    careful    hesitating    exact    nice    captious    doubtful    just    meticulous   

unscrupulous   

conscientious    strict    fastidious    punctilious    painstaking    utmost    rigorous    careful    attentive    vigilant