Painstakingly investigation

[Fan of Arabian horses]

Hi!

Recently I came across the word painstakingly. Now the ending -ly suggestets the word to be an adverb while -ing- referred to the present participle. But what about painstak- ?

How to seperate the syllabels? Pain-stak or pains-tak? Probably with with an e behind the k?

Well I started a thoroughful solid and careful investigation and found out that I had to research painstakingly!

What a word, if you investigate its sense.

Michael

P.S. Now I?ll pull up my stakes for today! Good night!

[Alan]

Hi Michael,

Am I right in thinking you are referring to taking pains? Isn't simply that you take pains to do something you take a lot of trouble to do something? Or am I being too simplistic?

Three questions in one posting, I'm afraid.

Alan
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[Fan of Arabian horses]

Hi Alan!

Yes, you?re right, I referred to taking pains. But not only that since my dictonary suggested pain-staking in the explanations for pain! Furtheron my dictionary suggests a stake to be a post at which the OLD-Red-Indians tortured their enemies before sending them into the happy hunting-grounds!!! Now, the complete expression I came across was "painstakingly research" and so I wrote this topic since I imagined the torture of such an investigation!

Beside that I imagined the pronounciation the BFBS would use when saying that word and as I?m an old German babble-head I couldn?t avoid to find it funny.

Are we singing from the same hymn sheet when I suggest painstakingly to mean rather conscientious or using much attention?

What other interesting word do you or any other member know?

Michael

[Alan]

Hi,

Yes it means paying great attention to detail - almost meticulous.

Alan
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[Tamara]

[Yankee]

Hi Michael

You're right! "Staking pain" does create an odd picture.

Here's something you (and Tamara ) can do a painstaking investigation of:

How many different English words can you write using only Roman numerals?
I'll get you started:

DID
LID
CIVIC


Amy
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[Tamara]

VIVID
MIX
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[Fan of Arabian horses]

Hi Amy!

Long time ago since we had had our last guessing game, isn?t it?

Well here are some solutions from me:

MID
DIM
MILL
CIVIL

LIDL you probably don?t accept as it is the name of a supermarket, do you?

Now I?m keen on learning whether some other members will join this game.

Long time since we talked, isn?t it?

Michael

[Yankee]

Hi Michael

Yes, it's been a while since our last silliness.

LIDL? I think I'll give you extra credit for that one, Michael, but only if you pronounce it with an English accent.

I wonder whether anyone can add to Tamara's and your solutions...

Amy
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[Tom]

Children, can I also participate?

MILD
ILL

Tom

[Tamara]

Hi kids,

MIMIC
DILL
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[Tamara]

MIDI

[Yankee]

[Tamara]

No, Amy, I’m not a puzzle fan at all. But my head is built in a strange way: sometimes it can’t stop and just continues working (investigating ), in itself. With no order
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