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adverb
- 1. with great care and thoroughness: "the property has been painstakingly restored by its current owners"
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PAINSTAKINGLY definition: 1. in a way that shows you have taken a lot of care or made a lot of effort: 2. in a way that…. Learn more.
extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort: It took months of painstaking research to write the book. He was described by his colleagues as a painstaking journalist. Synonyms. careful. conscientious. meticulous approving. scrupulous. thorough (CAREFUL) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. paying close attention to detail.
noun. : the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort. … greater painstaking to achieve incidental verisimilitude and accuracy of detail … Times Literary Supplement. Synonyms. Adjective. careful. conscientious. fussy. loving. meticulous. scrupulous. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of painstaking in a Sentence.
When you do something extremely carefully, you do it painstakingly. Your grandmother is going to love that quilt you worked on so painstakingly, sewing each individual stitch by hand. If you work so hard and diligently at something that it practically hurts, you do it painstakingly.
PAINSTAKINGLY meaning: 1. in a way that shows you have taken a lot of care or made a lot of effort: 2. in a way that…. Learn more.
Definition of painstakingly adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Acting with, showing, or involving great care and attention. See Synonyms at meticulous. 2. Usage Problem Attended by difficulties; arduous. pains′tak′ing·ly adv. Usage Note: Painstaking is a compound of pains and taking, though it often sounds as if it were made from pain and staking.
pain taking, n. a1382–1586. Browse more nearby entries. painstakingly, adv. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.
In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully. Wiktionary. Synonyms: fastidiously. Painstakingly Sentence Examples. Sonya read painstakingly in her high-pitched voice. He recalled his labors on the Legal Code, and how painstakingly he had translated the articles of the Roman and French codes into Russian, and he felt ashamed of himself.
Definition of 'painstaking' painstaking. (peɪnsteɪkɪŋ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A painstaking search, examination, or investigation is done extremely carefully and thoroughly. Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris. Synonyms: thorough, careful, meticulous, earnest More Synonyms of painstaking.
