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effortless, a. and quasi-adv.|ˈɛfətlɪs|
[f. effort n. + -less.]
Making no effort.
1. Abstaining from effort, passive, tame.
1801Southey Thalaba iv. xix, Idly to remain Were yielding effortless. 1880H. James Madonna 37 You have lost time in effortless contemplation.
2. Acting without effort; unstrained, easy.
1831Blackw. Mag. XXIX. 683 The effortless sublimity of Homer. 1861Wheat & Tares 37 He delighted in their [children's] easy, unconscious, effortless, condition.
Hence ˈeffortlessly adv., without exertion.
1865Pall Mall G. 31 July 10/2 Effecting all our object painlessly and effortlessly. |