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Painstakingly

//ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.

    "I wish he had had a dog, just so we could see how painstakingly he would have divided that dog among the family, in his careful business way."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a fastidious and painstaking manner wordnet

Etymology

From painstaking + -ly.

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