painstakingly

Extremely thorough manner

Painstakingly means with great care and thoroughness, often implying tedious effort: She painstakingly restored the antique clock.

The word suggests attention to every small detail, sometimes to an excessive degree: He painstakingly documented each step of the process.

laborious

laboriously

With strenuous effort

exhaustingly · strenuously · diligently · industriously · assiduously · sedulously · doggedly · persistently · tenaciously · plodding

thorough

thoroughly

In complete detail

extensively · elaborately · intensively · in-depth · searchingly · leaving no stone unturned · fully · entirely · systematically · rigorously

meticulous

meticulously

With extreme care

precisely · exactingly · methodically · systematically · fussily · finicky · persnickety · nitpicking · perfectionist · detailed

Opposites
care and attention

painstakinglycarelessly

Without due attention

sloppily · heedlessly · negligently · thoughtlessly · messily

effort and ease

painstakinglyeasily

Without difficulty

effortlessly · breezily · casually · hastily · hurriedly

speed and deliberation

painstakinglyhastily

In rushed manner

hurriedly · quickly · rapidly · impetuously · impatiently

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