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English adjective: painstaking

1. painstaking characterized by extreme care and great effort


SamplesConscientious application to the work at hand.
Painstaking research.
Scrupulous attention to details.


Synonymsconscientious, scrupulous


Similarcareful


Antonymscareless









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