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EFFORTLESS

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EFFORTLESS (adjective)
  The adjective EFFORTLESS has 2 senses:

1. requiring or apparently requiring no effort
2. not showing effort or strain

  Familiarity information: EFFORTLESS used as an adjective is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


EFFORTLESS (adjective)


Sense 1effortless [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Requiring or apparently requiring no effort

Context example:

the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air

Similar:

facile (performing adroitly and without effort)

unforced; unstrained (not resulting from undue effort; not forced)

Also:

easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)

Antonym:

effortful (requiring great physical effort)


Sense 2effortless [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Not showing effort or strain

Synonyms:

effortless; casual

Context examples:

a difficult feat performed with casual mastery / careless grace

Similar:

easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)


English Proverbs
"Don't have too many irons in the fire."
(English proverb)
"The drunk ones will sober up, but the mad ones will not clever up"
(Breton proverb)
"Don't count the teeth of a gift horse."
(Armenian proverb)
"A curse turns against the one who uttered it."
(Corsican proverb)


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