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PAINSTAKINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does painstakingly mean?
• PAINSTAKINGLY (adverb)
The adverb PAINSTAKINGLY has 1 sense:
1. in a fastidious and painstaking manner
Familiarity information: PAINSTAKINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a fastidious and painstaking manner
Synonyms:
fastidiously; painstakingly
Context example:
it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling
Pertainym:
painstaking (characterized by extreme care and great effort)
Context examples
He sat down very slowly and painstakingly what of his great stiffness.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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