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painstakings

painstakings is the plural of painstaking.

Meaning of painstaking

Noun

painstaking (countable and uncountable, plural painstakings)

  1. The application of careful and attentive effort.
    • I esteeme Bocace his Decameron, Rabelais, and the kisses of John the second (if they may be placed under this title) worth the paines-taking to reade them.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

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Questions about painstakings

What is painstakings the plural of?
Painstakings is the plural of painstaking.

Words near painstakings in the dictionary

  1. painstaker
  2. painstakers
  3. painstaking
  4. painstakingly
  5. painstakingness
  6. painstakings
  7. painstick
  8. painsticks
  9. painsweat
  10. Painswick
  11. painsworthy

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