painstakingly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a fastidious and painstaking manner

   it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling

2. 2
   adv

   In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.

   I wish he had had a dog, just so we could see how painstakingly he would have divided that dog among the family, in his careful business way.

Etymology

From painstaking + -ly.