Antonyms for painstaking

Grammar : Adj

Spell : peynz-tey-king, peyn-stey-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ-

Definition of painstaking

Origin : 1550s (n.), 1690s (adj.), paynes taking, from plural of pain (n.) + present participle of take (v.). Related: Painstakingly.

adj meticulous, thorough

Example sentences :

No science or painstaking can make up for his not doing this.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Excellence in art, as in everything else, can only be achieved by dint of painstaking labour.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

But there should have been painstaking investigation, even after the fact.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Then it equally concerns them both to be painstaking and prodigal of toil in all their doings?
Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon

This book is the result of painstaking tests and experiments.
Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray

The book is written in an able, masterly, and painstaking manner.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by George Saintsbury

How little are the workings of genius understood by the "painstaking" ones.
Extract from : « The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use » by Henry Saint-George

He heard them, spoken in English with painstaking distinctness.
Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

For my part I can only claim a laborious and painstaking effort to get the facts.
Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe

His ear was cocked toward the glasses with painstaking care.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Synonyms for painstaking

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