[stylist] saturday word: scrupulous

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 scrupulous
scru-pew-luss
adjective.  (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and 
extremely attentive to details: e.g.  the research has been 
carried out with scrupulous attention to detail.  very concerned 
to avoid doing wrong: e.g.  she's too scrupulous to have an 
affair with a married man.  scrupulosity" - noun.  scrupulously" 
- adverb.  she was scrupulously polite.  scrupulousness" - noun.