Conscientiously
[kɑnʃɪ'ɛnʃəsli]
Definition
(adv.) In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.
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Examples
- His mission was clear, and he intended to discharge it conscientiously. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I cannot conscientiously advise you to do it in dependence on any activity of mine. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To do her justice, she executed her plans conscientiously, perseveringly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I could not conscientiously open a knee like that before the projectile was encysted. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now, though I have not encouraged him yet, I cannot conscientiously refuse him a chance any longer. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He seems to be conscientiously afraid of appearing indolent, and in consequence subjects himself regularly to unnecessary hardship. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The disgrace of lending herself to a vile deception is the only disgrace with which I can conscientiously charge Mrs. Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He did so very conscientiously, and it was an interesting experience, for he was kept busy answering Mr. Edison's numerous questions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Conscientiously, I cannot, unless you assure me you have some heart. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Betteredge's blunt pencil followed me conscientiously, word by word. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I accept with readiness, at the present moment, what I could not an hour ago have conscientiously taken. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He became an exemplary domestic character, and a truly active parish priest (as a pastor he, to his dying day, conscientiously refused to act). Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This is a sorry scene: I see fifty selfish brutes at this moment, each of whom, if I were near, I could conscientiously knock down. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They performed the formalities of the occasion briefly, intelligently, conscientiously. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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