PAINSTAKINGLY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

painstakingly

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as in meticulously

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Recent Examples of painstakingly The white clapboard exterior topped with typical Norse dragon heads was taken back into the family in 1995 by Haeger’s great great granddaughter Ellika Modenfelt, who painstakingly restored it to its former glory with the help of local craftsmen. — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026 Anatomy itself is routinely taught as history — a chapter written and closed by Andreas Vesalius, Henry Gray, and generations of anatomists who painstakingly documented the architecture of the human body. — Subramaniam C. Krishnan, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026 Its skull and most of its tail were lost to erosion, while the surviving remains were encased in exceptionally hard rock that researchers have spent years painstakingly removing. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 These materials were chosen to reflect the sky, water, and painstakingly landscaped gardens around the building to connect the interiors to the environment outside. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026 The team used Google Maps and Johnson County’s online mapping system, including historical aerial photos, painstakingly flipping through years of images. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Rather, its experience shows that reducing the harms of drug use requires painstakingly building and sustaining a system that connects people with treatment, healthcare and social support without making abstinence a precondition for receiving help. — Karyn Sporer, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 The hothouse flowers of the salon—a nod to the city’s art nouveau Palmenhaus—were painstakingly painted by Viennese artist Marie Hartig, while the rooftop mural is by enigmatic graffiti artist KNARF. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026 Hamaguchi told Deadline that the team painstakingly cemented Vincent and Yuffie into irrevocable mainstays while also giving Zack (not available in my preview) an increasingly important role in the trilogy’s larger time-boggling mystery. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

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Costume designer Amy Roth watched hours and hours of footage of a young Stallone to nail the feel of his wardrobe, while production designer Anthony Gasparro meticulously recreated the sets from the 1976 movie.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
The hotel first opened in 1915, but has since been meticulously restored and provides a charming home base for exploring nearby shops, restaurants, and galleries.

— Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of meticulously

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It has also only been trained on a limited number of cell types that biologists have studied exhaustively.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Preservation Connecticut’s searchable surveys, built in collaboration with the State Historic Preservation Office, exhaustively document historic barns, mills, artistic places, and town greens in every part of the state.

— Jane Montanaro, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhaustively

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One way in which Wounaan do so is conscientiously sharing and redistributing food, money, wisdom and the like to foster equity.

— Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
By thinking locally, building conscientiously, and operationalizing sustainability in our deployment choices, AI users, companies, and developers can also help ensure that the infrastructure powering our future doesn’t cost us the earth.

— Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026

Definition of conscientiously

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To prevent that outcome, Washington needs an equally comprehensive strategy — one that takes America’s biotech ambitions as seriously as China takes its own.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
But the result of this latest case with the Premier League could seriously damage the club going forward.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of seriously

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On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
This money comes from corporations and the most wealthy Americans, both of whom ardently hate taxes.

— Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ardently

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His query was earnestly tackled by the engineers at the RAND Corporation, who, in 1955, published a book composed only of a series of unrelated numerals piled up in neat rows.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
This time around, Demna seemed to be speaking more earnestly about glamour and style, and to a customer base that fashion often pretends is not there.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026

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