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Painstaking

//ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
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."

Adjective

1
characterized by extreme care and great effort wordnet

Noun

1
The application of careful and attentive effort. countable, uncountable
"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pains + taking; see take pains. The /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ pronunciation which dominates in the United States suggests a reanalysis of the word as pain + staking.

Etymology 2

From pains + taking; see take pains. The /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ pronunciation which dominates in the United States suggests a reanalysis of the word as pain + staking.

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