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scrupulously

The origin and history of scrupulously.

Etymology

Formed from scrupulous and -ly, with scrupulous itself coming from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scrupulous”), from scrūpulus (“anxiety, uneasiness”), a diminutive of scrūpus (“sharp stone; anxiety”) formed with -ulus.

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