effortless

effortless
adj
1. easy, facile, simple, Scot. eath, downhill, like taking candy from a baby, easy as 1,2,3 or A,B,C, easy as pie; a piece of cake, a pushover, Inf. a snap, a cinch, smooth or clear sailing; All Sl. gut, cushy, cinchy; no sweat, child's play, a breeze, duck soup; nothing to it.
2. smooth, flowing, fluid, unforced, unconstrained; limpid, cogent, lucid, natural, free-flowing.
3. passive, inactive, inert, lifeless, otiose; languid, sluggish, supine, recumbent; indifferent, apathetic, slack.

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  • Effortless — Ef fort*less, a. 1. Making no effort. Southey. [1913 Webster] 2. requiring little or no effort; as, an effortless victory. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • effortless — index convenient, facile, practiced Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • effortless — 1801, passive, from EFFORT (Cf. effort) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning easy is from 1831. Related: Effortlessly; effortlessness …   Etymology dictionary

  • effortless — *easy, smooth, facile, simple, light Analogous words: *proficient, skilled, skillful, expert, adept, masterly Antonyms: painstaking …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • effortless — [adj] easy child’s play*, cursive, duck soup*, facile, flowing, fluent, light, no problem*, no sweat*, offhand, painless, picnic*, piece of cake*, royal, running, simple, smooth, snap*, uncomplicated, undemanding, untroublesome; concept 565 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • effortless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ done or achieved without effort; natural and easy. DERIVATIVES effortlessly adverb effortlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • effortless — [ef′ərtlis] adj. making, requiring, or showing virtually no effort SYN. EASY effortlessly adv. effortlessness n …   English World dictionary

  • effortless — [[t]e̱fə(r)tləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is effortless is done easily and well. In a single effortless motion, he scooped Frannie into his arms. ...effortless and elegant Italian cooking. Syn: easy Derived words: effortlessly… …   English dictionary

  • effortless — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem ▪ Tom made the jump look effortless. ADVERB ▪ apparently, seemingly …   Collocations dictionary

  • effortless — ef|fort|less [ˈefətləs US ˈefərt ] adj something that is effortless is done in a very skilful way that makes it seem easy ▪ Alexei rose to his feet with a single effortless movement. >effortlessly adv ▪ He dived effortlessly into the turquoise …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • effortless — adjective something that is effortless is done in a very skilful way that makes it seem easy: a smooth, effortless volley effortlessly adverb: Her fingers darted effortlessly over the keys …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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