Word Study
painstakingly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial painstakingly has 1 sense
- painstakingly(r = adv.all) fastidiously - in a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling"
THESAURUS
painstakingly
assiduously, carefully, cautiously, circumspectly, considerately, diligently, dingdong, earnestly, exhaustively, heedfully, industriously, intensely, lovingly, meticulously, mindfully, regardfully, sedulously, solicitously, tenderly, thoroughgoingly, thoroughly, thoughtfully, unremittingly, with care, with great care
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