painstakingness

English

Etymology

From 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[1], →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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