1. (a.) Careful; conscientious; moral; as, a scrupulous performance of duties\.

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

3. (a.) Given to making objections; captious.

4. (a.) Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.

Pyrrhonic accurate active agnostic analyze attentive bashful boggling canvass careful case cautious censorious check over check up choicy choosy close comb compliant con conforming conscientious conscionable consider constant contemplate correct critical deferential delicate demanding demurring detailed devoted devout diffident dig into discriminating discriminative dissect distrustful doubtful doubting dubious duteous dutiful ethical exact exacting examine exigent exquisite eye eyeball fair-minded faithful faltering fastidious fine finical finicking finicky from Missouri fussy heedful hesitant hesitating high-minded honest honorable in doubt inspect just leery look over loyal methodical meticulous mindful minute mistrustful mistrusting modest moral narrow neat nice obedient observant orderly overconscientious overlook overscrupulous painstaking particular penetrate perfectionistic perlustrate peruse picky pierce pore over practicing precious precise precisian precisianistic precisionist precisionistic priggish principled probe prudish punctilious punctual puristic puritanic qualmish questioning refined regardful religious respectful right righteous rigid rigorous scan scrutinize scrutinizing selective sensitive severe shrinking shy skeptical squeamish stickling strict study subtle survey suspecting suspicious tender-conscienced TRUE uncertain untrusting upstanding vet view wary watch weigh