adjective. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. synonym: meticulous.

adjective. Having scruples; principled.

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.

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

adjective. Careful; cautious; exact; nice.

adjective. Given to making objections; captious.

adjective. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.

adjective. Exactly and carefully conducted.

adjective. Having scruples or compunctions.

adjective. Precise; exact or strict

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

adjective. 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.'"

unscrupulous  

conscientious  exact  fastidious  hesitating  

careful  religious  

unscrupulous  

attentive  careful  conscientious  diligent  fastidious  

Pyrrhonic  accurate  active  agnostic  analyze