taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
noun
careful and diligent effort.
Origin of painstaking
First recorded in 1550–60; pain + -s3 + taking
SYNONYMS FOR painstaking
1 thorough, scrupulous.
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synonym study for painstaking
1. Painstaking, careful, meticulous, conscientious all describe persons or behavior demonstrating attention to detail and effective task performance. painstaking stresses diligent and assiduous attention to detail in achieving a desired objective: a painstaking technician; the painstaking editing of a manuscript.Careful , the most general in sense of these words, implies serious intent to perform well and accurately whatever task one has in hand: a careful housepainter; a careful study of the social structure of gangs.Meticulous suggests extreme attention to details, especially the most minute, coupled with an almost obsessive desire to avoid error: a meticulous silversmith, every detail finished to perfection; fussily meticulous about matching shoes and clothing.Conscientious stresses scrupulous effort to obey one's sense of moral obligation to perform tasks well: a conscientious public defender; a conscientious description of the robbery.
Instead, it’s a painstaking recreation of the original hardware, with tweaks to introduce modern conveniences like high-definition video, wireless controllers and improvements to reliability, and so on.
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Like any good cast iron cleaner, this scrub brush will get rid of the tough residue without ruining the painstaking seasoning that makes the cast iron so great for cooking.
Metal scrubbers to keep your cast iron skillet in pristine condition|PopSci Commerce Team|September 23, 2020|Popular Science
At their core, these products represent intellectual property—decades of agricultural know-how, a unique climate, or painstaking investment have set them apart from every other product like them around the world.
The European and Chinese products that will have the same protections as French champagne|Annabelle Timsit|September 14, 2020|Quartz
Without any explanation we watch art restorers at work, and the painstaking, technical deconstruction of a Rembrandt.
Inside The Secret World of London’s National Gallery|Tim Teeman|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Monitoring and surveillance are painstaking work, but necessary to finding and preparing the perfect location.
A Most Illegal Adventure with New York City’s Wildest Underground Event Planners|Nina Strochlic|December 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In months of painstaking negotiations with the gang of eight, he agreed to the existing language.
Is Rubio Trapped on Immigration Reform?|Michael Tomasky|May 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And the rational corrective is invariably slow and painstaking.
Boston Marathon Attacks Will Now Define Terrorism For Americans|Hussein Ibish|April 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Building cover is a long and painstaking process that involves more than remembering not to use a Hebrew word here and there.
The Many Scandals Of The Prisoner X Affair|Michael Ross|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He literally taught his pupils how to practice, how to develop technical control by the most slow and painstaking study.
Violin Mastery|Frederick H. Martens
The genius of Tannahill was more circumscribed, and he was consequently more timid and painstaking.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI|Various
"You said the house wanted cleaning from top to bottom," said the painstaking Mr. Chalk.
Dialstone Lane, Complete|W.W. Jacobs
He knew his field and worked with the painstaking fidelity of the man who realizes the difficulty of his task.
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway|Martin Brown Ruud
She knew something of harmony, in a painstaking way; but at this moment she felt more than ever outside the house of song.
Rose MacLeod|Alice Brown
British Dictionary definitions for painstaking
painstaking
/ (ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ) /
adjective
extremely careful, esp as to fine detailpainstaking research