conscientiously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English conscientious

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English conscientiously

From conscientious + -ly.

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: concienzudamente (es), a conciencia