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adjective
- 1. done with or employing great care and thoroughness: "painstaking attention to detail"
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PAINSTAKING definition: 1. extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort: 2. extremely careful and correct…. Learn more.
The meaning of PAINSTAKING is taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort. How to use painstaking in a sentence.
Painstaking definition: taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful. See examples of PAINSTAKING used in a sentence.
PAINSTAKING meaning: 1. extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort: 2. extremely careful and correct…. Learn more.
painstaking stresses diligent and assiduous attention to detail in achieving a desired objective: a painstaking technician; the painstaking editing of a manuscript. careful, the most general in sense of these words, implies serious intent to perform well and accurately whatever task one has in hand: a careful housepainter; a careful study of ...
1. taking or characterized by taking pains; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research. n. 2. careful and diligent effort. [1550–60] pains′tak`ing•ly, adv. pains′tak`ing•ness, n.
painstaking. /ˌpeɪnˌˈsteɪkɪŋ/ /ˈpeɪnsteɪkɪŋ/ IPA guide. If you notice that painstaking is composed of pains and taking, you already have a pretty clear sense of what this adjective means: to be painstaking is to be so careful, so meticulous, so thorough, that it hurts.
Definition of painstaking adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
PAINSTAKING definition: done with a lot of care: . Learn more.
Painstaking definition: Acting with, showing, or involving great care and attention.
