painstakingness en · NOUN
Etymology
From painstaking + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
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, Adam Sorkin, Conversations with Joseph Heller, →ISBN, page xii: