Sekirov Dictionary

painstaking

UK /ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/US /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
- All these painstaking men, considered together, may be said to have completed another species of criticism. — 1781

noun1

•
The application of careful and attentive effort.
- I esteeme Bocace his Decameron, Rabelais, and the kisses of John the second (if they may be placed under this title) worth the paines-taking to reade them. — 1603

forms

painstakings · more painstaking · most painstaking

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