painstakingness
Noun
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Noun
painstakingness (uncountable)
- The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
- 1993, Joseph Heller and Adam Sorkin, Conversations with Joseph Heller , ISBN 9780878056354, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=FhBm6qQgkAsC&pg=PR12&dq=painstakingness+subject:%22fiction%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3&as_pt=BOOKS&client=firefox-a&cd=4#v=onepage&q=painstakingness%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=false p xii]:
- The painstakingness of Heller the craftsman comes through most strongly in these descriptions of the hard work he puts into his novels.
- 1993, Joseph Heller and Adam Sorkin, Conversations with Joseph Heller , ISBN 9780878056354, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=FhBm6qQgkAsC&pg=PR12&dq=painstakingness+subject:%22fiction%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3&as_pt=BOOKS&client=firefox-a&cd=4#v=onepage&q=painstakingness%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=false p xii]:
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