painstaking
careful and diligent effort.
Origin of painstaking
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Other words for painstaking
Other words from painstaking
- pains·tak·ing·ly, adverb
- pains·tak·ing·ness, noun
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How to use painstaking in a sentence
In a paper describing the new tectonic model, the team goes over the evidence, gathered by a host of scientists over many years, in painstaking detail.
See a Billion-Year Dance of Earth’s Tectonic Plates in 40 Seconds | Jason Dorrier | February 14, 2021 | Singularity HubThe plate is metal and the bottle is glass, both substances whose visual qualities Kirwin renders with painstaking verisimilitude.
In the galleries: Immersive exhibit explores a wonderland in blue | Mark Jenkins | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostAs far as his songwriting goes, Wareham blames the lyrics, which he’s more painstaking about than he used to be.
The answer is that the Defense Department has a painstakingly slow process to write up its requirements before it builds anything.
America’s Advanced Stealth Jet Flies on 1990s Tech | Dave Majumdar | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore printing processes developed, books took an incredibly long time to make as they had to be painstakingly written by hand.
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Leather was another major theme this season, and the detail on some the garments was painstakingly laborious.
Built in 1764, the house has been painstakingly restored by a Parisian couple Annick and Paul Coudrier.
On La Route du Cidre: Getting Buzzed on Normandy’s Cider Trail | William O’Connor | September 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are learning to laugh at ourselves, to eat our pizza with corn on it, and to slowly and painstakingly listen and learn.
The rules hereafter given must be carefully studied and every example painstakingly examined.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)There was a pause, and Mrs. Walbridge glanced anxiously from one to the other of the two painstakingly indifferent faces.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum StolzenbergPainstakingly he smooths out a little air and returns it to the astonished monarch.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood BrounI can see my father yet, as he stands before the mirror, painstakingly adjusting the tie he had chosen for the day's wear.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempAfterward all details are painstakingly worked out, until the ideal blossoms into the perfectly executed performance.
Piano Mastery | Harriette Brower
British Dictionary definitions for painstaking
/ (ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ) /
extremely careful, esp as to fine detail: painstaking research
Derived forms of painstaking
- painstakingly, adverb
- painstakingness, noun
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