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painstakenly

painstakenly is the alternative form of painstakingly.

Meaning of painstakingly

Adverb

painstakingly (comparative more painstakingly, superlative most painstakingly)

  1. In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
    • I wish he had had a dog, just so we could see how painstakingly he would have divided that dog among the family, in his careful business way.1909, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Is Shakespeare Dead?”, in What Is Man? And Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published May 1917, page 314

Forms of painstakenly

comparativemore painstakenly
superlativemost painstakenly

Questions about painstakenly

What is painstakenly the alternative form of?
Painstakenly is the alternative form of painstakingly.

Words near painstakenly in the dictionary

  1. painsome
  2. painsomnia
  3. painsong
  4. painsongs
  5. painstaken
  6. painstakenly
  7. painstaker
  8. painstakers
  9. painstaking
  10. painstakingly
  11. painstakingness

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