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