painstaking

adj.

Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See synonyms at meticulous.

n.

Extremely careful and diligent work or effort.

painstakingly pains'tak'ing·ly adv.

adjective

Showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details: careful, fastidious, meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous. See careful/careless.

noun

Attentiveness to detail: care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pain (used in plural), punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness. See careful/careless.

adj

Definition: meticulous, thorough
Antonyms: careless, easy, half-baked, half-done, neglectful, thoughtless, unmindful, unthorough

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by extreme care and great effort
  Synonyms: conscientious, scrupulous

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - omhyggelig
n. - umage, flid

Nederlands (Dutch)
nauwgezet, ijverige zorg/moeite

Français (French)
adj. - minutieux
n. - minutie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gewissenhaft
n. - Sorgfalt, Mühe

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φιλόπονος, επιμελής, προσεκτικός, σχολαστικός, εργατικός

Italiano (Italian)
coscienzioso, accurato, diligente, scrupoloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esforçado, diligente

Русский (Russian)
кропотливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - cuidadoso, esmerado, afanoso, concienzudo
n. - cuidado, esmero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mkt noggrann, omsorgsfull

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
辛苦的, 小心的, 勤勉的, 辛苦, 工夫, 苦心

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 辛苦的, 小心的, 勤勉的
n. - 辛苦, 工夫, 苦心

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 근면한, 힘드는
n. - 수고, 정성, 고심

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 骨折り, 苦心
adj. - 勤勉な, 骨の折れる, 労を惜しまない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متجشم للمشاق, مجد, مجهد نفسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדקדק, יסודי, שקדן, זהיר‬
n. - ‮מאמץ זהיר ושקדני‬

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