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taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
- she was always painstaking about her work
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of painstaking (Entry 2 of 2)
as in effort, trouble
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painstaking. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of painstaking was in 1538
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