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Adverb: painstakingly  'peynz`tey-king-lee
  1. In a fastidious and painstaking manner
    "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling"
    - fastidiously

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painful sensation
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painfulness
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painstakingness
paint
paint a picture
paint leaf
paint roller
paint the lily
paint the town red
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paintball
paintball gun