painstaking
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, considered, done, long, slow, together
VERB + PAINSTAKING
described, take
PAINSTAKING + NOUN
men, renovation
PREP.
in
ADV.
really
Definitions
adj
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.
It is hoped to feature the historic vehicles to be found on the line in a future article, so that full justice may be done to the painstaking work of renovation on many of them, such as the North Eastern Railway Coach Group's NER autocoach No 3453.
noun
The application of careful and attentive effort.
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.
It is not by a flight of imagination that you gain the ascents of spiritual experience. It is by the toils and the watchings and the painstakings of a solid obedience.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — characterized by extreme care and great effort
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6All these painstaking men, considered together, may be said to have completed another species of criticism.
WiktionaryIt is hoped to feature the historic vehicles to be found on the line in a future article, so that full justice may be done to the painstaking work of renovation on many of them, such as the North East
WiktionaryI 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.
WiktionaryIt is not by a flight of imagination that you gain the ascents of spiritual experience. It is by the toils and the watchings and the painstakings of a solid obedience.
WiktionaryBehold what an abundant recompense attends the small processes of the earth, with the help of a little warm air; and what wealthy returns the industry of the husbandman and the florist is preparing fr
WiktionaryEach item was described in painstaking detail.
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