conscientiously

conscientiously

English

Etymology

    From conscientious + -ly.

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    Adverb

    conscientiously (comparative more conscientiously, superlative most conscientiously)

    1. In a conscientious manner; attentively.
      • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 58:
        STORES and tobacco were running out; it was time for a trip to the township. Also for a conscientiously taken holiday.
      • 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
        Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.

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