needing a lot of care, effort, and attention to detail synonym thorough painstaking research The event had been planned with painstaking attention to detail.
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
adverb The building has been painstakingly restored to all its former elegance.See painstaking in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation: painstaking