painstaking
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painstaking
- /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ US
- /ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/ US
- /ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/ UK
Where it comes from
From pains + taking; see take pains. The /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ pronunciation which dominates in the United States suggests a reanalysis of the word as pain + staking.
adjective more painstaking · most painstaking · pains-taking
- Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure. All these painstaking men, considered together, may be said to have completed another species of criticism.
noun painstakings · pains-taking
- The application of careful and attentive effort. I esteeme Bocace his Decameron, Rabelais, and the kisses of John the second (if they may be placed under this title) worth the paines-taking to reade them.
