Dictionary

effortlessly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Midwestern-US) audio
• /ˈɛf.ət.ləs.li/ (UK)
• /ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English effortless Middle English -ly English -ly English effortlessly From effortless + -ly.

Meanings

1. Without effort; without difficulty or struggle.
   • She hoisted the child effortlessly and plopped him in bed.
   • 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. 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:

Forms

Synonyms

at a canter · in a walk

Translations (22)

it senza sforzo (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · pl bezwysiłkowo (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es resultarle fácil (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · it facilmente (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · tr zahmetsizce (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · ml എളുപ്പം (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es con facilidad (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · fr sans effort (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es sin esfuerzo (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · pl bez wysiłku (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · ru без уси́лий (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es sin ningún esfuerzo (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · nl moeiteloos (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es aína (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · grc ἀπόνως (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es aínas (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es costarle poco (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · ml അനായാസം (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · fi vaivatta (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · ru без напряже́ния (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · de mühelos (without effort; without difficulty or struggle) · es costarle nada (without effort; without difficulty or struggle)