scrupulously

1. 1.

   with extreme conscientiousness

   “he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock”

   Synonymsconscientiouslyreligiously

Questions about scrupulously

What does scrupulously mean?

scrupulously means "with extreme conscientiousness".

How many syllables are in scrupulously?

scrupulously has 4 syllables: scru-pu-lou-sly. The stress falls on "scru". In IPA it is /ˈskɹupjələsli/.

What is another word for scrupulously?

Close synonyms include conscientiously, religiously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scrupulously a common word?

scrupulously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.