Painstaking

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\, n.
     The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in
     performance. --Beau. & Fl.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  painstaking
       adj : characterized by extreme care and great effort;
             "conscientious application to the work at hand";
             "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to
             details" [syn: {conscientious}, {scrupulous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "painstaking":
     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