painstakingness

English

Etymology

painstaking +‎ -ness

Noun

painstakingness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.[1]
    • 1993, Joseph Heller, Adam Sorkin, Conversations with Joseph Heller‎, →ISBN, page xii:
      The painstakingness of Heller the craftsman comes through most strongly in these descriptions of the hard work he puts into his novels.

Synonyms

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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