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painlessly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a painless manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

without pain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: painfully

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English painless Middle English -ly English -ly English painlessly From painless + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: sendolore — in a painless manner
  • Finnish: kivuttomasti — in a painless manner
  • French: indolorement — in a painless manner
  • Hebrew: ללא כאב (leló ke'év) — in a painless manner
  • Italian: in modo indolore — in a painless manner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smertefritt — in a painless manner
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smertefritt — in a painless manner
  • Polish: bezboleśnie — in a painless manner
  • Russian: безболе́зненно (bezboléznenno) — in a painless manner
  • Turkish: ağrısızca — in a painless manner