'Painstaking' definitions:
Definition of 'painstaking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
Definition of 'Painstaking'
From: GCIDE
- Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\ (p[=a]nz"t[=a]k`[i^]ng), a. Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking men." --Harris. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Painstaking'
From: GCIDE
- Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\, n. The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'painstaking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assiduity,
- assiduous,
- assiduousness,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- diligence,
- diligent,
- elaborate,
- exact,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- industrious,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- meticulous,
- operose,
- pains,
- painstakingness,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- scrupulous,
- sedulous,
- sedulousness,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- thoroughgoingness,
- thoroughness