Meanings
comparative more effortlessly · superlative most effortlessly
- Without effort; without difficulty or struggle.
She hoisted the child effortlessly and plopped him in bed.
1 more example
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 2022Synonyms: at a canter, in a walk
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWithout effort; without difficulty or struggle.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀπόνως
- ἀπόνως (apónōs)without effort; without difficulty or struggle
Dutch moeiteloos
- moeitelooswithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
Finnish vaivatta
- vaivattawithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
French sans effort
- sans effortwithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
German mühelos
- müheloswithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
Italian senza sforzo, facilmente
- senza sforzowithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- facilmentewithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
Polish bez wysiłku, bezwysiłkowo
- bez wysiłkuwithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- bezwysiłkowowithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
Russian без напряже́ния, без уси́лий
- без напряже́ния (bez naprjažénija)without effort; without difficulty or struggle
- без уси́лий (bez usílij)without effort; without difficulty or struggle
Spanish aína, aínas
- aínawithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- aínaswithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- sin ningún esfuerzowithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- costarle pocowithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- costarle nadawithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- sin esfuerzowithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- resultarle fácilwithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
- con facilidadwithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
Turkish zahmetsizce
- zahmetsizcewithout effort; without difficulty or struggle
Cite this entry
effortlessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effortlessly
“effortlessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effortlessly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effortlessly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effortlessly.
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