painstaking work
1painstaking — adjective painting these window frames is painstaking work Syn: careful, meticulous, thorough, assiduous, sedulous, attentive, diligent, industrious, conscientious, punctilious, scrupulous, rigorous, particular; pedantic, fussy Ant: slapdash …
2painstaking — /ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋ / (say paynztayking) adjective 1. assiduously careful: painstaking work. –noun 2. careful and assiduous effort. –painstakingly, adverb …
3painstaking — pains|tak|ing [ˈpeınzˌteıkıŋ] adj [usually before noun] very careful and thorough ▪ The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail. ▪ Chris described in painstaking detail what had happened. >painstakingly adv ▪ The old painting… …
4work — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 effort/product of effort ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ It s hard work trying to get him to do a few things for himself. ▪ It doesn t require skill it s a matter of sheer hard work. ▪ arduous, back breakin …
5painstaking — adj. Painstaking is used with these nouns: ↑care, ↑detail, ↑effort, ↑process, ↑research, ↑search, ↑work …
6paint|work — «PAYNT WURK», noun. 1. paint spread and dried on a surface: »A raised strip of chromium protects the paintwork. 2. the manner or quality of work in applying paint: »Only the most painstaking paintwork could produce such a satiny finish …
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