Myllarguten was a difficult person, an imaginative musical artist, but painstakingly slow in all other tasks than playing.

The work has been painstakingly slow, for workers can advance only on hard or rocky soil.

His painstakingly slow approach is necessary because he might otherwise frighten off the smaller females.

Some of the projects have been painstakingly slow.

John Luke's painting technique was painstakingly slow, his manner precise.

While I have a lot of respect for the scientific method, it is painstakingly slow.

The process can be painstakingly slow and the results difficult to predict and measure.

Changing the course of the government is expected to be as painstakingly slow as turning a supertanker.

Negotiations on membership of the 15-member bloc have been painstakingly slow.

"Progress is going to be painstakingly slow," he said in a recent interview.