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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
painstaking
    adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
           "conscientious application to the work at hand";
           "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
           [syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\ (p[=a]nz"t[=a]k`[i^]ng), a.
   Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking
   men." --Harris.
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\, n.
   The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in
   performance. --Beau. & Fl.
   [1913 Webster]
Thesaurus Results for painstaking:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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