conscientiously

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adverb

In a conscientious manner; attentively.

UncommonScrabble 22

Meanings

adverbconscientiously (comparative more conscientiously, superlative most conscientiously)

comparative more conscientiously · superlative most conscientiously

  1. In a conscientious manner; attentively.

    STORES and tobacco were running out; it was time for a trip to the township. Also for a conscientiously taken holiday.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 58
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    Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.

    1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbwith extreme conscientiousness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Spanish concienzudamente, a conciencia
  • concienzudamenteTranslations
  • a concienciaTranslations
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