effortfully
- adverb
- /ˈɛfərtfəl/
:
con esfuerzo
- She effortfully prepared for the marathon, following a strict training regimen for months.
Examples
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Inman moved as one would underwater, effortfully and slowly, out to the front porch.
Fiction book (1997) -
He effortfully lifted the heavy box, straining to get it off the ground.
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As they learn to play less effortfully, they are able to play with greater expression.
Academic text (2000) -
The content of the packet, brought so effortfully from the distant mountain peaks, was then revealed to be ice.
Academic text (1995) -
Nixon laughed, effortfully, trying to deflect the question about his long-time secretary.
Academic text (2012) -
But the men mounted up and headed back down the road, Pistol leading the hog, which trotted along effortfully at the end of the rope.
Fiction book (1997) -
It postulates that outcomes of actions are determined by karma or fate; our duty as humans is to simply work effortfully with detachment toward the goal.
Academic text (2000) -
Two figures were in the corner: an old man, standing, dressed with ridiculous formality in an antique three-piece suit, and a young woman, seated at a small desk, pounding effortfully at an ancient typewriter.
Fiction book (1998) -
Whereas, had all these high schoolers not pored over those secular liberal textbooks so effortfully and in such depth the way they do, they'd obviously be disinterested in sex, probably disgusted a bit at the idea, in fact.
Blog text (5) -
The student worked effortfully on the difficult math problems, determined to understand each one.
Synonyms
38
4.1
In a careful and steady way that shows hard work
12
5.5
With great effort and determination
8
3.9
With a lot of effort and attention
5
7.7
To do something carefully and with steady effort
5
6.6
With a lot of effort in a slow, tiring way
1
7.8
In a way that needs great effort and long hard work
1
3.7
To work very hard and carefully
In a way that causes a lot of extra work or trouble
To do something with careful and steady effort over time
Antonyms
How Effortful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Effortfully comes from effort, which comes from an old word for using 'force' or 'strength', plus -ful meaning 'full of' and -ly meaning 'in a way'. So, effortfully means doing something 'in a way' that is 'full of' hard work or needs a lot of effort.