effortlessadj.adv.
/ˈɛfətlɪs/ Making no effort.
1. Abstaining from effort, passive, tame.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > not making any effort
unattempting1585
attemptless1586
effortless1801
unendeavouring1834
unstriving1868
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iv. 224 Idly to remain Were yielding effortless.
1880 H. James Madonna of Future & Other Tales (new ed.) 37 You have lost time in effortless contemplation.
2. Acting without effort; unstrained, easy.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly
labourless1576
unlabouring1791
effortless1831
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 683 The effortless sublimity of Homer.
1861 Wheat & Tares 37 He delighted in their [children's] easy, unconscious, effortless, condition.
Derivatives
ˈeffortlessly adv. without exertion.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without effort or strain
kindlya1375
naturally?a1425
unforcedly1632
readily1638
handily1834
hands down1853
effortlessly1865
strainlessly1927
comfortably1932
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 July 10/2 Effecting all our object painlessly and effortlessly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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