effortlessly
English
Etymology
From effortless + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛf.ət.ləs.li/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/
Audio (General American): (file)
Adverb
effortlessly (comparative more effortlessly, superlative most effortlessly)
- 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[1]:
- 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
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