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conscientiously

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con·sci·en·tious  (knsh-nshs)
adj.
1. Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled: a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice.
2. Thorough and assiduous: a conscientious worker; a conscientious effort to comply with the regulations.
[Obsolete French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cnscientisus, from Latin cnscientia, conscience; see conscience.]
consci·entious·ly adv.
consci·entious·ness n.
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Adv.1.conscientiously - with extreme conscientiousness; "he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock"
scrupulously, religiously
Translations
conscientiously [ˌkɒnʃɪˈenʃəslɪ] ADV → concienzudamente
conscientiously [ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəsli] adv [work] → consciencieusement
to study sth conscientiously → étudier qch consciencieusement
conscientious objector n → objecteur m de conscience
conscientiously
adv practise, exercise → gewissenhaft; obey → pflichtschuldigst
conscientiously [ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəslɪ] adv → coscienziosamente
conscientiously [ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəslɪ] adv → coscienziosamente


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In transcribing his notes and fortifying their claim to attention by giving them something of an orderly arrangement, I have conscientiously refrained from embellishing them with such small ornaments of diction as I may have felt myself able to bestow, which would not only have been impertinent, even if pleasing, but would have given me a somewhat closer relation to the work than I should care to have and to avow.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
I cannot conscientiously recommend it for any useful purposes whatever.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Steady to his purpose, he scarcely spoke ten words to her through the whole of Saturday, and though they were at one time left by themselves for half-an-hour, he adhered most conscientiously to his book, and would not even look at her.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
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