adj
Meaning 1
Without effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- She made the move look completely effortless.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: painless
Antonyms: effortful
Standard Lemma guide
effortless
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɛfə(ɹ)tlɪs/
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adjective
Meaning 2
requiring or apparently requiring no effort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: effortful
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not showing effort or strain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a difficult feat performed with casual mastery
- careless grace
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: casual
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English effort Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English effortless From effort + -less.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лесен (lesen) — without effort
- Bulgarian: без усилия (bez usilija) — without effort
- Catalan: fàcil — without effort
- Dutch: moeiteloos — without effort
- Esperanto: senpena — without effort
- Finnish: vaivaton — without effort
- French: sans effort — without effort
- French: aisé — without effort
- Galician: doado — without effort
- German: mühelos — without effort
- Ancient Greek: ἄπονος (áponos) — without effort
- Hungarian: megerőltetés nélküli — without effort
- Hungarian: könnyed — without effort
- Italian: senza sforzo — without effort
- Malayalam: അനായാസ (anāyāsa) — without effort
- Malayalam: എളുപ്പമായ (eḷuppamāya) — without effort
- Portuguese: fácil — without effort
- Portuguese: sem esforço — without effort
- Russian: не делающий усилий (ne delajuščij usilij) — without effort
- Spanish: fácil — without effort
- Spanish: nada penoso — without effort
- Swedish: mödolös — without effort
- Turkish: zahmetsiz — without effort
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