Associations to the word «Painstaking»

Wiktionary

PAINSTAKING, adjective. Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
PAINSTAKING, noun. The application of careful and attentive effort.

Dictionary definition

PAINSTAKING, adjective. Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin