Painstaking

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See Synonyms at meticulous.
  • n. Extremely careful and diligent work or effort.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
  • n. The application of careful and attentive effort.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive.
  • n. The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The taking of pains; assiduous and careful labor.
  • That takes pains or trouble; characterized by close, careful, assiduous, or conscientious application or labor; industrious; laborious and careful: as, a painstaking person.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort
    • Equivalent
    careful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diligent    faithful    attentive    careful    care   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    methodical    meticulous    conscientious    laborious    exhaustive   
     
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