He saw the humor of these researches, but that did not prevent him from carrying them out with the utmost Scrupulosity.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
She took his Scrupulosity very lightly when he spoke of Mrs. Vostrand's educational sojourn in Europe; she laughed and said she knew the type, and the situation was one of the most obvious phases of the American marriage.
"The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
Afterwards this curious Scrupulosity became a matter of comment among those privy to it; some held it another proof of the ingrained rascality of the man, a trick to suggest lenient construction of his general conduct in the management of the company's finances, others saw in it an interesting example of the involuntary operation of business instincts which persisted at a juncture when the man might be supposed to have been actuated only by the most intensely selfish motives.
"The Quality of Mercy"
W. D. Howells