painstakinglyadverb
uk/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ.kɪŋ.li/us/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ.kɪŋ.li/in a way that shows you have taken a lot of care or made a lot of effort:
She painstakingly explained how the machine worked.
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Effort and expending energy
- apply
- assiduous
- be running on empty idiom
- bust a gut idiom
- concentrated
- conscientious
- fight
- jump
- mightily
- mind
- overcompensate
- pains
- painstaking
- perseverance
- shot
- slugger
- strenuous
- thirsty work
- trial and error
- work up sth
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