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unˈpainful, a.
[un-1 7.]
†1. Not subject to pain. Obs.—1
c1425Lucidarie (Fr. Schmitt 1909) 21 Aftir his owne kynde, he was unpayneful & undeedly.
2. Not causing or involving pain or discomfort.
1570Levins Manip. 186 Vnpaynful, immolestus. 1628Feltham Resolves ii. lxxxii. 236 If we owe a Retribution for vnpainefull Courtesies. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. iv. §4 That being generally call'd..soft, which changes the Situation of its parts upon an easie and unpainful touch. 1713Guardian No. 82, Those who make an honest man a visit..to make his following year unpainful. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 95 The small Remainder of the Tumour was unpainful. 1823J. Wilson Marg. Lyndsay ix. 67 That unpainful sympathy which is all the poor can afford or expect. 1851Hawthorne Twice-told T. II. vi. 99 A sympathy with the young and gay; an unpainful interest in the business of others.
3. Marked or characterized by absence of pain.
1861Mrs. Jenkin Who breaks—pays II. 261 The first unpainful feeling I have had for three quarters of a year. |