Painstakingly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Painstakingly is an adverb meaning In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
Meaning
In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
Example Sentences
I wish he had had a dog, just so we could see how painstakingly he would have divided that dog among the family, in his careful business way.
With the help of a friend from Zagreb, he found a map showing the locations of all the monuments and painstakingly sought them out, discovering while doing so that most of the thousands of Spomeniks had been deliberately destroyed.
Synonyms for painstakingly
Depending on context, synonyms include fastidiously.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fastidiously, hard, hardly, laboriously, patiently, severely.
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