ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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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