painstaking
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ.kɪŋ/
- After years of painstaking and, sometimes, painful research, l've narrowed down the location of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- painstaking work
- painstaking process
- painstaking effort
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it took years and just painstaking work, but they got it done.
- And it took years and just painstaking work, but they got it done.
- And Fred Griffiths was a very slow, painstaking researcher.
- And they did this by painstaking observations of numerous distant galaxies, allowing them to chart how the expansion rate has changed over time.
- He dreamed it with painstaking notice the word love.
- Or did you realize that it would be more painstaking?
- We communicate so much to the point that it's sometimes painstaking.
- So it was embedded in US to try to go through painstaking efforts to not let that define who we really want to be in life.
Examples
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But it was painstaking, routine labor that took four years to complete.
Academic text (2010) -
The scientist conducted her experiment with painstaking care to ensure accurate results.
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And it took years and just painstaking work, but they got it done.
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Let me take you through them in painstaking detail.
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Even she seemed to think that all of the painstaking effort had been worth it.
Blog text (29) -
Now, after two and a half years of painstaking work, the war crimes trial in Tokyo comes to an end.
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The next phase was the painstaking assembly of the documentary record, comprising several components.
Academic text (2001) -
One of his most painstaking research projects explored emotions in animals and human beings.
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The effects of the drugs must be cataloged... with painstaking accuracy.
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In addition, the process of education-related empirical research is often slow, tedious, and painstaking.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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4.6
Shows careful attention to every detail and leaves nothing out
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8.6
Being very careful about small details
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5.9
Careful and serious about doing work the right way
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4.4
Careful about small details and hard to please
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4.1
Doing things carefully and in an organized way
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6.4
Very careful about small details
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7.2
Careful to do things correctly and notice small details
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7.7
Done completely and carefully, leaving nothing out
Antonyms
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Painstaking comes from the old phrase take pains, where pain meant 'trouble' or 'effort' rather than physical hurt. So, to be painstaking is to do something with great care and hard work.