Meaning of PAINSTAKING
| Pronunciation: | | 'peynz`teykeeng
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" |
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| | Synonyms: | | careful, conscientious, scrupulous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pains"tak`ing\, a.
Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive.
``Painstaking men.'' --Harris.
\Pains"tak`ing\, n.
The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in
performance. --Beau. & Fl.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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