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painstaking Definition

pains·taking (pānztāk′iŋ)

noun

the act of taking pains; great care or diligence

adjective

  1. taking pains; very careful; diligent
  2. characterized by great care

painstaking Related Forms

pains·tak′ing·ly adverb

painstaking Synonyms

painstaking

modif.

painstaking Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • restoration: It has been the subject of a slow but painstaking restoration over the last twenty years.
  • reconstruction: Today the scars are still evident as the painstaking reconstruction goes on.
  • scholarship: The book is a work of painstaking German scholarship, at the same time readable and not without humor.
  • attention: My work is characterized by painstaking attention to detail.
  • effort: Yet concrete evidence is yet to surface despite painstaking efforts being undertaken by the government.
  • investigation: The painstaking investigation led to a Glasgow criminal called David Kelly.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: The discussions which had taken place last week had been very painstaking.
  • so: Bowler also liked the fact that they were sitting the original seats, so painstaking revived.
  • typically: Stephen's solution was typically painstaking, but extremely effective.
  • only: It is only painstaking research in recent years that has restored to us this forgotten focus of rural English Catholicism.

Browse dictionary entries near painstaking

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  10. paillasse
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  2. paintable
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