adverb

painstakingly

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adverb

With great care and thoroughness; very slowly and meticulously.

"He painstakingly rebuilt the engine piece by piece."

"The team painstakingly translated every line of the manuscript."

How to Use Painstakingly

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishDoing something with a slow, careful, detail-focused effort.

more painstakingly comparative, most painstakingly superlative

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He _____ rebuilt the engine piece by piece.

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