painstaking

pains·tak·ing  (pnztkng)

adj.

Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See Synonyms at meticulous.

n.

Extremely careful and diligent work or effort.

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painstaking·ly adv.

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painstaking [ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ]

adj

extremely careful, esp as to fine detail painstaking research

painstakingly  adv

painstakingness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

painstaking - characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" conscientious, scrupulous careful - exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"

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painstaking

adjective thorough, careful, meticulous, earnest, exacting, strenuous, conscientious, persevering, diligent, scrupulous, industrious, assiduous, thoroughgoing, punctilious, sedulous Police carried out a painstaking search of the area.
lazy, careless, negligent, haphazard, thoughtless, slapdash, heedless, slipshod, half-hearted

Translations

painstaking [ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ] ADJ [task, research etc] → esmerado, concienzudo; [person] → meticuloso, esmerado

painstaking [ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋ] adj

[person] → minutieux/euse

[work] → minutieux/euse; [search] → minutieux/euse; [care] → minutieux/euse; [efforts] → minutieux/euse

painstaking

adj person, piece of work → sorgfältig; with painstaking accuracy → mit peinlicher Genauigkeit

painstaking [ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ] adj (person) → coscienzioso/a, diligente; (work) → accurato/a; (accuracy) → minuzioso/a

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painstaking [ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ] adj (person) → coscienzioso/a, diligente; (work) → accurato/a; (accuracy) → minuzioso/a