painlesslyadv.
/ˈpeɪnlᵻsli/, U.S. /ˈpeɪnlᵻsli/ Without pain; without hurt, distress, or difficulty.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] > without pain or discomfort
easilyc1300
easefully1611
painlessly1843
panglessly1874
1843 T. S. Fay Hoboken II. xxxii. 175 Again I go into a hot bath and open a vein. Life flows rapidly forth: I fall painlessly into insensibility and death.
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. iv. 48 What had been faintly declared, might be painlessly denied; but it was difficult to discredit things forcibly alleged.
1931 E. Bliss Saraband iv. 198 The hands of the clock went round from five to eight, and the transition period from day to night had been passed painlessly over.
1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxxvii. 386 The lymphatic glands enlarge painlessly.
1995 N. Hornby High Fidelity (1996) ix. 92 She was a serious prospect, the woman who was going to lead me painlessly out of one relationship and into another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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