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painstakingly

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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.
painstaking·ly adv.
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Adv.1.painstakingly - in a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling"
fastidiously


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Having been instructed in the use of the indefinite pronoun "one" as giving a refined and elegant touch to literary efforts, Rebecca painstakingly rewrote her composition on solitude, giving it all the benefit of Miss Dearborn's suggestion.
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He recalled his labors on the Legal Code, and how painstakingly he had translated the articles of the Roman and French codes into Russian, and he felt ashamed of himself.
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