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When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
Alanis Morissette

Meaning of "painstakingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAINSTAKINGLY

painstakingly  [ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAINSTAKINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Painstakingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PAINSTAKINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of painstakingly in the English dictionary

The definition of painstakingly in the dictionary is in a manner that is extremely careful, esp as to fine detail. Other definition of painstakingly is in a manner that involves great care and effort.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAINSTAKINGLY


achingly
ˈeɪkɪŋlɪ
breathtakingly
ˈbrɛθteɪkɪŋlɪ
creakingly
ˈkriːkɪŋlɪ
half-jokingly
ˌhɑːfˈdʒəʊkɪŋlɪ
heartbreakingly
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋlɪ
jawbreakingly
ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkɪŋlɪ
jokingly
ˈdʒəʊkɪŋlɪ
kingly
ˈkɪŋlɪ
mockingly
ˈmɒkɪŋlɪ
provokingly
prəˈvəʊkɪŋlɪ
quakingly
ˈkweɪkɪŋlɪ
shockingly
ˈʃɒkɪŋlɪ
shrinkingly
ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋlɪ
smirkingly
ˈsmɜːkɪŋlɪ
squeakingly
ˈskwiːkɪŋlɪ
strikingly
ˈstraɪkɪŋlɪ
takingly
ˈteɪkɪŋlɪ
unblinkingly
ˌʌnˈblɪŋkɪŋlɪ
unthinkingly
ʌnˈθɪŋkɪŋlɪ
winkingly
ˈwɪŋkɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAINSTAKINGLY

painfulness
painim
painkiller
painkilling
painless
painlessly
painlessness
pains
painstaker
painstaking
painstakingness
paint
paint bomb
paint gun
paint remover
paint roller
paint spray
paint stripper
paint the town red
paint-by-numbers

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAINSTAKINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
sickeningly
singly
sparingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
unknowingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of painstakingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «painstakingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAINSTAKINGLY

Find out the translation of painstakingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of painstakingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «painstakingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

苦心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

laboriosamente
570 millions of speakers

English

painstakingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़ी मेहनत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بشق الأنفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кропотливо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meticulosamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

painstakingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laborieusement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Susah payah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sorgfältig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

苦労して
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Painstakingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cẩn thận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகுந்த சிரத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परिश्रमपूर्वक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özenle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

faticosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pieczołowicie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

копітко
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu migală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moeite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mödosamt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

møysommelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of painstakingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAINSTAKINGLY»

The term «painstakingly» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.300 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAINSTAKINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «painstakingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «painstakingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about painstakingly

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4 QUOTES WITH «PAINSTAKINGLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word painstakingly.
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Kage Baker
1925's 'The Lost World' is... really, everything a dinosaur movie should be. Like a dinosaur, this classic was once extinct too, existing as mere fragmentary footage and stills, but cinemaphile fossil-hunters have painstakingly excavated bits and pieces from obscure archives and assembled them into a nearly-complete animal.
2
Robert Grosseteste
Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.
3
Alanis Morissette
When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
4
Gloria Naylor
Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAINSTAKINGLY»

Discover the use of painstakingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to painstakingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Poetry of Alan Greenspan: Recorded Rather Painstakingly, ...
What would the poetry of Alan Greenspan sound like?
Rich Fontana, 2000
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Comparative Studies in Word Order Variation: Adverbs, ...
*Les élèves ont soigneusement probablement rempli leur the pupils have painstakingly probably filled. their formulaire. form 'The pupils painstakingly probably filled out their form' c. *Les élèves ont soigneusement récemment rempli leur the ...
Christopher Laenzlinger, 1998
3
The Cloning Sourcebook
What myth represents is not a moment in time, but the human condition as such — in this case the whole process of working painstakingly toward knowledge. But if we work painstakingly enough, the myth suggest, reliable knowledge can be ...
Arlene Judith Klotzko, 2001
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New York Magazine
painstakingly. groomed. Pagliacci. ever. . ." The Underground Gourmet/Fran Schumer SOMETHING OLD. SOMETHING NEltf '* . LUCKY LUCIANO: A commanding Riccardo Muti conducts Pavarotti. WALKER'S: Bar food doesn't get much better ...
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New York Magazine
Duller. than. a. Serpent's. Tooth. "Cobb's. Lear. is. only. a. slow,. rusty. steam. engine. rolling. over. a. magnificent. part. and. painstakingly. flattening. it. out." Theatre East Village Euripides By Harold Clurman "Dionysus in "69, ...
6
Snowflakes in Photographs
Over 850 illustrations of snow crystals, photographed by Bentley during a 50-year period, for use by artists, designers, and craftspeople in a variety of creative projects.
W. A. Bentley, 1931
7
White Mortar Board [yearbook]
MISS POWER: First, because she can detect dirt, disorder and dilapidation, no matter how obscure or painstakingly concealed. Secondly, because she can detect disorder, dirt and dilapidation, no matter how obscure or painstakingly ...
‎1922
8
I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians
David Ramsay Steele retorted, “IfAyn Rand's epistemological writings can be described as 'painstakingly careful', then I suppose her political writing could be described as 'softly persuasive', and her novels—such as Atlas Shrugged—as ...
Block, Walter
9
Intelligent Systems and Decision Making for Risk Analysis ...
(H= 8) S4 With big investment; Most farmers have to take out a loan to finance their industry. (H = 7) In 2012, he have painstakingly cultivated for two years in Jiaonan. (H= 8) Half of his sea cucumber that he have painstakingly cultivated for two ...
Chongfu Huang, Cengiz Kahraman, 2013
10
Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers
A painstakingly precise test of a detailed model against a richly described single case study can provide a measure of validity equivalent to the one provided by the test of a simpler model against a large set of 'thinly described' case studies; ...
Mihnea Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAINSTAKINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term painstakingly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mathews' Lake Dallas council seat safe for now
This is an issue far worse than the issuance of directives to city employees and a history of past conduct was painstakingly considered before ... «Denton Record Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Arizona ranks No. 3 in U.S. for discouraged workers
... 2 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Arizona's job market has clearly gotten better in recent months, even if the progress has been painstakingly slow. «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
3
How a Virginia physicist can predict the Tour de France's outcome …
He's John Eric Goff, a physicist who uses Newton's laws and a painstakingly developed model to predict how many minutes and seconds each ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Chance at Guinness record gets many playing Monopoly
... where they painstakingly set up 84 Monopoly boards, each for six players. That was enough for 504 players — which was more than enough ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
5
Haunted by the Present: Pedro Costa's 'Horse Money'
Returning with a miniscule crew — sometimes just himself — he worked painstakingly with non-professional local performers to write and ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
6
DAR's Christmas in July brings history to life
... ice house, milk room and privy — were painstakingly restored by the club and were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. «New Jersey Herald, Jul 15»
7
Goathland station as you've never seen it before
Scarborough and District Railway Modellers club has painstakingly recreated the North York Moors' Goathland station in miniature – complete ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Jul 15»
8
Smearing Hillary
They painstakingly identified the antagonists, described their tactics, traced the millions of dollars that subsidized them, and examined how and ... «Jamaicans.com, Jul 15»
9
Happy Saturday! Enjoy This 'AFV' Montage of Animals Eating Ice …
Our friends at AFV have painstakingly assembled this compilation of creatures of all kinds — dogs, cats, birds, monkeys, ferrets, horses, ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
10
Will Ohio Gov. Kasich's Anti-Green Resume Kill His Presidential …
The rail grant had been painstakingly crafted over the better part of a decade by a broad bi-partisan coalition. It was poised to create hundreds ... «EcoWatch, Jul 15»

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