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UNSCRUPULOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unscrupulously mean? 

UNSCRUPULOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNSCRUPULOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. without scruplesplay

  Familiarity information: UNSCRUPULOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSCRUPULOUSLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Without scruples

Context example:

she unscrupulously uses her charm to make men do what she wants

Pertainym:

unscrupulous (without scruples or principles)


 Context examples 


He took what he could get, ravenously and unscrupulously—eventually he took Daisy one still October night, took her because he had no real right to touch her hand.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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