[usuallybeforenoun] needing a lot of care, effort and attention to detail:
painstaking research * The event had been planned with painstaking attention to detail.
painstakingly adverb:
The building has been painstakingly restored to all its former elegance.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is painstaking a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, painstaking is tagged as adjective.
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