The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat, would naturally inspire
scrupulousness and caution; the dread of being accused of weakness or connivance, would beget equal circumspection, though of a different kind.
Every see-saw of her breath, every wave of her blood, every pulse singing in her ears, was a voice that joined with nature in revolt against her
scrupulousness.
Up to this time the press had been amusingly tolerant and good-naturedly sensational about him, but now he was to learn what virulent
scrupulousness an antagonized press was capable of.
There could be no harm in what had been done in so many respectable families, and by so many women of the first consideration; and it must be
scrupulousness run mad that could see anything to censure in a plan like theirs, comprehending only brothers and sisters and intimate friends, and which would never be heard of beyond themselves.
College], perhaps for his beauty, of which all his life he continued proud, perhaps for his moral
scrupulousness.
Chief Inspector Heat, conscious of renewed irritation at this display of
scrupulousness, said that the county police had been notified from the first of Michaelis' arrival, and that a full report could be obtained in a few hours.
On the score of delicacy, or any
scrupulousness which a finer sensibility might have taught him, the Colonel, like most of his breed and generation, was impenetrable.
The very
scrupulousness with which he told her that day that he had become used to having her there, and dependent on her for all sorts of little services, and that he should miss her if she went away (it would never have occurred to Freddy or the Colonel to say anything of the sort) deepens her inner certainty that she is "no more to him than them slippers", yet she has a sense, too, that his indifference is deeper than the infatuation of commoner souls.
During his painting lessons with Holman Hunt ('Daddy'), Lear admired Hunt's capacity for precision,
scrupulousness, and accuracy.
What prompts a writer justly renowned for his
scrupulousness about matters of language to risk such claims about history?
Alternatively niyya may be understood maximally, as an antidote to insincerity or hypocrisy; overdone, this approach might turn into a crippling
scrupulousness that "gave rise to tormenting doubts about the validity of prayer" (p.
5) -, as indicated by preoccupations with details, rules, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the writing activity is lost; a perfectionism that interferes with task completion; excessive devotion to work and productivity;
scrupulousness about matters of ethics and aesthetics; reluctance to work with others unless they share the same philosophy and strategy; rigidity and stubbornness.
scrupulousness - strict attention to minute details