painstaking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

painstaking
    adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
           "conscientious application to the work at hand";
           "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
           [syn: {conscientious}, {painstaking}, {scrupulous}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\ (p[=a]nz"t[=a]k`[i^]ng), a.
   Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking
   men." --Harris.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\, n.
   The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in
   performance. --Beau. & Fl.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "painstaking":
      assiduity, assiduous, assiduousness, conscientious, conscionable,
      diligence, diligent, elaborate, exact, fussy, heedful, industrious,
      industriousness, industry, meticulous, operose, pains,
      painstakingness, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, sedulous,
      sedulousness, thorough, thoroughgoing, thoroughgoingness,
      thoroughness

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