conscientious
/ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ adjective C1- Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking. · He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
- Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person). · The advice of wise and conscientious people.
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“He seems to be a most conscientious and polite young man, upon my word; and, I doubt not, will prove a valuable acquaintance, especially if Lady Catherine should be so indulgent as to let him come to us again.”
But it was not such a bad arrangement after all; a little “appreciation” sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious “bringing up” in the world.
Ethel Marr was admitted by all competent judges to have the most stylish modes of hair-dressing, and Jane Andrews--plain, plodding, conscientious Jane--carried off the honors in the domestic science course.
Well, I have not intercepted your confidence, and yet I know all that as well as you, and I have no conscientious scruples.
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