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Definition of Painstakingness
1. Noun. The trait of being painstaking and careful.
Generic synonyms: Carefulness
Specialized synonyms: Meticulosity, Meticulousness, Punctiliousness, Scrupulousness, Thoroughness, Diligence, Strictness, Stringency
Derivative terms: Conscientious, Painstaking
Antonyms: Unconscientiousness
Definition of Painstakingness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painstakingness
Literary usage of Painstakingness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1908)
"... and historical writer.2 Then, with extension of knowledge, has come a sharpening
of intelligence and increased stringency of method—a painstakingness in ..."
2. Prince Bismarck: An Historical Biography by Charles Lowe (1885)
"But whereas the latter, with that hair-splitting painstakingness so dear to the
professorial mind, had dawdled over its work more than a year, ..."
3. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1906)
"... springing from his very painstakingness and constant sense of the intricacy
and manifoldness of the factors involved in the phenomena under review, ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1873)
"You can work your way upwards into the aristocracy of genius by painstakingness:
do not fear competition with one who claims the patent of intellectual ..."
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