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pains·tak·ing
 painstaking
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- pronunciation:
- peIn
steI
kIng
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
involving or using great care and detailed and diligent attention; meticulous.
The tomb was uncovered through a painstaking effort of archaeologists.The excellence of the English version of the novel is due to the work of a painstaking translator.- synonyms:
- exact, meticulous
- antonyms:
- cursory, effortless, slapdash, slipshod
- similar words:
- careful, conscientious, critical, detailed, diligent, elaborate, exacting, fastidious, fussy, laborious, narrow, picky, precise, scrupulous, serious, thorough
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| related words: |
critical, dainty, diligent, fastidious, finicky, laborious, minute, nice, particular, rigid, scrupulous |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the act of being extremely careful or taking pains.
Such painstaking was not unusual for these scholars.- synonyms:
- exactness, meticulousness
- antonyms:
- neglect
- similar words:
- attention, conscientiousness, detail, diligence, intent, strictness
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| derivation: |
painstakingly (adv.) |
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