scrupulous person
a person you can trust
TRANSLATION
scrupulous person = gewissenhafte Person scrupulous care = peinliche Sorgfalt scrupulous cleanliness = peinliche Sauberkeit scrupulous dealing = behutsame Handhabung scrupulous fairness = unbedingte Anständigkeit scrupulous merchant = gewissenhafter Kaufmann scrupulous performance of duties = peinlich genaue Pflichterfüllung Be careful with the German "skrupellos" = Machiavellian; unethical; unscrupulous; down-and-dirty
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I think objective reporting, hearing all sides of the story and being SCRUPULOUS about the facts is the absolute bloodstream of the World Service. It has been right from the start in 1932 and it remains that.
(Mr Nigel Chapman - Select Committee on BBC Charter Review)
(Mr Nigel Chapman - Select Committee on BBC Charter Review)
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scru·pu·lous
adjective
1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking..
2. Having scruples; principled.
Middle English, from Old French scrupuleux, from Latin scrupulosus
Synonyms:
meticulous, painstaking, careful, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious
These adjectives mean showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details.
Meticulous and painstaking stress extreme care: “He had throughout been almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities” (Arnold Bennett).
Repairing the fine lace entailed slow and painstaking work.
Careful suggests circumspection and solicitude: A careful examination of the gem showed it to be fake.
Scrupulous suggests care prompted by conscience: “Cynthia was scrupulous in her efforts to give no trouble” (Winston Churchill).
Fastidious implies concern, often excessive, for the requirements of taste: “Your true lover of literature is never fastidious” (Robert Southey).
Punctilious specifically applies to minute details of conduct: “The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally” (Samuel Butler).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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"I can recommend Manfred as a man you can trust with this research project, he has always been scrupulous in all his dealings"
adjective
1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking..
2. Having scruples; principled.
Middle English, from Old French scrupuleux, from Latin scrupulosus
Synonyms:
meticulous, painstaking, careful, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious
These adjectives mean showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details.
Meticulous and painstaking stress extreme care: “He had throughout been almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities” (Arnold Bennett).
Repairing the fine lace entailed slow and painstaking work.
Careful suggests circumspection and solicitude: A careful examination of the gem showed it to be fake.
Scrupulous suggests care prompted by conscience: “Cynthia was scrupulous in her efforts to give no trouble” (Winston Churchill).
Fastidious implies concern, often excessive, for the requirements of taste: “Your true lover of literature is never fastidious” (Robert Southey).
Punctilious specifically applies to minute details of conduct: “The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally” (Samuel Butler).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"I can recommend Manfred as a man you can trust with this research project, he has always been scrupulous in all his dealings"
