effortlessly

English

Etymology

From effortless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛf.ət.ləs.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/

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Adverb

effortlessly (comparative more effortlessly, superlative most effortlessly)

1. Without effort; without difficulty or struggle.

   Synonyms: at a canter, in a walk

   She hoisted the child effortlessly and plopped him in bed.

   • 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.

Translations

without effort; without difficulty or struggle — see also easily

Dutch: moeiteloos (nl) Finnish: vaivatta (fi) French: sans effort German: mühelos (de) Greek: Ancient: ἀπόνως (apónōs) Italian: senza sforzo, facilmente (it) Malayalam: എളുപ്പം (ml) (eḷuppaṁ), അനായാസം (ml) (anāyāsaṁ) Polish: bez wysiłku, bezwysiłkowo Russian: без напряже́ния (bez naprjažénija), без уси́лий (bez usílij) Spanish: aína (es), aínas (rare), sin ningún esfuerzo, costarle poco (verb), costarle nada (verb), sin esfuerzo, resultarle fácil (verb), con facilidad Turkish: zahmetsizce (tr)