PAINSTAKING


Meaning of PAINSTAKING in English

A ~ search, examination, or investigation is done extremely carefully and thoroughly.

Forensic experts carried out a ~ search of the debris.

= thorough

ADJ: usu ADJ n

~ly

Broken bones were ~ly pieced together and reshaped.

ADV: usu ADV before v

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