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adjective
- 1. done with or employing great care and thoroughness: "painstaking attention to detail"
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PAINSTAKING definition: 1. extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort: 2. extremely careful and correct…. Learn more.
The meaning of PAINSTAKING is taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort. How to use painstaking in a sentence.
Painstaking definition: taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful. See examples of PAINSTAKING used in a sentence.
If you notice that painstaking is composed of pains and taking, you already have a pretty clear sense of what this adjective means: to be painstaking is to be so careful, so meticulous, so thorough, that it hurts.
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.
painstaking stresses diligent and assiduous attention to detail in achieving a desired objective: a painstaking technician; the painstaking editing of a manuscript. careful, the most general in sense of these words, implies serious intent to perform well and accurately whatever task one has in hand: a careful housepainter; a careful study of ...
Definition of painstaking adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Painstaking definition: Acting with, showing, or involving great care and attention.
PAINSTAKING definition: done with a lot of care: . Learn more.
painstaking stresses diligent and assiduous attention to detail in achieving a desired objective: a painstaking technician; the painstaking editing of a manuscript. careful, the most general in sense of these words, implies serious intent to perform well and accurately whatever task one has in hand: a careful housepainter; a careful study of ...
