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 Definitions of painstaking  [ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ-]  

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Definition of 'painstaking' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) painstaking
taking or characterized by taking pains; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful:
a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.

2. (n.) painstaking
careful and diligent effort.

Etymology:  (1550–60)

Definition of 'painstaking' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous
characterized by extreme care and great effort
"conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
Definition of 'painstaking' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) painstaking
extremely careful with great attention to detail; = meticulous
a painstaking search for human remains
Definition of 'painstaking' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) painstaking
careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive

2. (noun) painstaking
the act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance
Translation of 'painstaking' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: going to great trouble and taking great care
a painstaking student.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: deursaam, vlytig Arabic flag Arabic: مُجِدّ، مُجْتَهِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: старателен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: esforçado Czech flag Czech: snaživý German flag German: gewissenhaft
Danish flag Danish: omhyggelig Greek flag Greek: φιλόπονος Spanish flag Spanish: meticuloso, esmerado, con
Estonian flag Estonian: püüdlik Farsi flag Farsi: کوشا؛ دقیق Finnish flag Finnish: huolellinen
French flag French: appliqué Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׁקדָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: सावधानी
Croatian flag Croatian: savjestan, marljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: lelkiismeretes Indonesian flag Indonesian: sangat tekun
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vandvirkur; vandvirknisle Italian flag Italian: diligente, scrupoloso Japanese flag Japanese: 勤勉な
Korean flag Korean: 공들인, Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: uolus, stropus, kruopštus Latvian flag Latvian: centīgs; čakls; rūpīgs
Malay flag Malay: cermat dan teliti Dutch flag Dutch: nauwgezet Norwegian flag Norwegian: omhyggelig, nøye
Polish flag Polish: staranny, sumienny Persian flag Persian: کوشا؛ دقیق Pashto flag Pashto: زياركښ، ربړ ګالونكى ډبرم
Portuguese flag Portuguese: esmerado Romanian flag Romanian: sârguincios, silitor Russian flag Russian: старательный, усердный
Slovak flag Slovak: snaživý Slovenian flag Slovenian: skrben Serbian flag Serbian: problematičan
Swedish flag Swedish: omsorgsfull, noggrann Thai flag Thai: อุตสาหะ Turkish flag Turkish: titiz,özenli
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 辛勤的，不辭辛勞的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: старанний, сумлінний Urdu flag Urdu: محنتي، جفا کش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cần mẫn Chinese flag Chinese: 辛勤的，勤勉的

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