painstakingly

English

Etymology

From painstaking +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli/

Adverb

painstakingly (comparative more painstakingly, superlative most painstakingly)

1. In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
   • 1909, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Is Shakespeare Dead?”, in What Is Man? And Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published May 1917, page 314:

     I wish he had had a dog, just so we could see how painstakingly he would have divided that dog among the family, in his careful business way.

Translations

in a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully

• French: méticuleusement (fr), minutieusement (fr)
• Galician: coidadosamente
• Norwegian: med pinlig nøyaktighet (no)
• Romanian: migălos (ro)
• Russian: приле́жно (ru) (priléžno), тща́тельно (ru) (tščátelʹno), усе́рдно (ru) (usérdno), дото́шно (ru) (dotóšno), кропотли́во (ru) (kropotlívo)