painstakingly
Anglais modifier
Étymologie modifier
- Dérivé de painstaking (« méticuleux, minutieux »), avec le suffixe -ly.
Adverbe modifier
| Nature | Forme |
|---|---|
| Positif | painstakingly \ˈpeɪnsˌteɪkɪŋli\ |
| Comparatif | more painstakingly \ˌmɔɹ ˈpeɪnsˌteɪkɪŋli\ ou \ˌmɔː ˈpeɪnsˌteɪkɪŋli\ |
| Superlatif | most painstakingly \ˌmoʊst ˈpeɪnsˌteɪkɪŋli\ ou \ˌməʊst ˈpeɪnsˌteɪkɪŋli\ |
painstakingly \ˈpeɪnsˌteɪkɪŋli\ invariable
- Méticuleusement, minutieusement.
- All the months of planning, the painstakingly gathered intelligence, the rehearsals carried out right under the Brit noses, the three escape routes, the radiomen—all for nothing because of this bloody meddler. — (Tom Clancy, Patriot games, 1987)
- At Cruson’s fruit and veg shop an old woman is painstakingly going through all the onions netted in large red bags to find just the ones she wants. — (Sandi Toksvig, Between the stops: a most wonderful memoir, 2019, 320 pages, p. 134)