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The trait of being painstaking and careful
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painstakingness
Word definitions for painstakingness in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of being painstaking and careful [syn: conscientiousness ] [ant: unconscientiousness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details. ''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989.
Usage examples of painstakingness.
As a leader, he had valued her wary painstakingness and her lucidness in defining problems and solutions.
Clover Lee danced to where Ramrod's few props were stacked by the center pole, and the colonel, emulating the Quakemaker's painstakingness, frowned studiously and pretended to check over his weapon, from muzzle to percussion cap.