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HOME | Definition of painstaking (PAINSTAKING, Painstaking)


    Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\ (p[=a]nz"t[=a]k`[i^]ng), a.
    Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking
    men." --Harris.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\, n.
    The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in
    performance. --Beau. & Fl.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    painstaking
    adj : characterized by extreme care and great effort;
    "conscientious application to the work at hand";
    "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to
    details" [syn: conscientious, scrupulous]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    27 Moby Thesaurus words for "painstaking":
    assiduity, assiduous, assiduousness, conscientious, conscionable,
    diligence, diligent, elaborate, exact, fussy, heedful, industrious,
    industriousness, industry, meticulous, operose, pains,
    painstakingness, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, sedulous,
    sedulousness, thorough, thoroughgoing, thoroughgoingness,
    thoroughness

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


conscientious, scrupulous


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