painstakingly definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling" [syn: painstakingly, fastidiously]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see painstaking II

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see painstaking

Moby Thesaurus

assiduously, carefully, cautiously, circumspectly, considerately, diligently, dingdong, earnestly, exhaustively, heedfully, industriously, intensely, lovingly, meticulously, mindfully, regardfully, sedulously, solicitously, tenderly, thoroughgoingly, thoroughly, thoughtfully, unremittingly, with care, with great care