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synonyms for painstakingly

  • ardently
  • assiduously
  • carefully
  • diligently
  • eagerly
  • earnestly
  • energetically
  • enthusiastically
  • hastily
  • hurriedly
  • laboriously
  • nimbly
  • purposefully
  • restlessly
  • vigorously
  • agilely
  • animatedly
  • arduously
  • briskly
  • expeditiously
  • fervently
  • indefatigably
  • industriously
  • like all get out
  • like the devil
  • like the dickens
  • perseveringly
  • persistently
  • seriously
  • speedily
  • spiritedly
  • strenuously
  • studiously
  • unremittingly
  • unweariedly
  • vigilantly
  • vivaciously
  • zealously

antonyms for painstakingly

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  • idly
  • inactively
  • quietly
  • inadequately
  • incompletely
  • partially
  • partly
  • easily
  • gently
  • moderately
  • softly
  • tolerantly
  • unenthusiastically
  • yielding
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      How to use painstakingly in a sentence

      In a paper describing the new tectonic model, the team goes over the evidence, gathered by a host of scientists over many years, in painstaking detail.
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      The plate is metal and the bottle is glass, both substances whose visual qualities Kirwin renders with painstaking verisimilitude.
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      As far as his songwriting goes, Wareham blames the lyrics, which he’s more painstaking about than he used to be.
      AT HOME, FOREVER AND EVER, WITH DEAN & BRITTANATE ROGERSNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POST
      The rules hereafter given must be carefully studied and every example painstakingly examined.
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      There was a pause, and Mrs. Walbridge glanced anxiously from one to the other of the two painstakingly indifferent faces.
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      Painstakingly he smooths out a little air and returns it to the astonished monarch.
      SEEING THINGS AT NIGHTHEYWOOD BROUN
      I can see my father yet, as he stands before the mirror, painstakingly adjusting the tie he had chosen for the day's wear.
      TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMP
      Afterward all details are painstakingly worked out, until the ideal blossoms into the perfectly executed performance.
      PIANO MASTERYHARRIETTE BROWER
      Elliott hoed briskly, if a bit awkwardly, and painstakingly removed every weed.
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      It was typical of Lockley that he painstakingly imagined every obstacle that might be put in his way.
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