Meanings
- uncountableThe state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
The painstakingness of Heller the craftsman comes through most strongly in these descriptions of the hard work he puts into his novels.
1993, Joseph Heller, Adam Sorkin, Conversations with Joseph Heller, →ISBN, page xiiSynonyms: meticulousness, scrupulousness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
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painstakingness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painstakingness
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