effortlessly

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[1], 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.

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