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painlessly

painlessly

7 2.5
In a way that does not cause hurt
  • adverb
  • /ˈpeɪn.ləs.li/
translation icon : sin dolor
  • My electric razor had a simple AI built-in and removed my beard relatively painlessly.
  • quickly and painlessly

And then when they fully killed her, he did it quick and painlessly so.

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Examples

  • The dentist assured me that the procedure would be completed painlessly.

  • Here's hoping the cleanup and basic service restoration go as painlessly as possible!

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  • I wanna leave as quickly and painlessly as possible.

  • I was told to do it as painlessly as possible.

  • We just want to get in and out... - ...as painlessly as possible.

  • When it is time to end their lives, it is done painlessly and without suffering.

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  • I just want to finish this as quickly and as painlessly as possible, but I'm gonna need your help.

  • We just gotta get through these four Christmases as quickly and as painlessly as possible.

  • It actually worked far more painlessly than you'd expect.

  • Dermatologists and researchers have developed new lasers that can quickly and painlessly remove these vessels with little or no downtime.

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Synonyms

without tears
vspainlessly
1 4.1

Easily and without crying or trouble

is limited to absence of physical pain rather than general ease

Antonyms

106 3.7

In a way that causes physical or emotional pain

26 3.4

In a way that makes a person feel uncomfortable or awkward

How Painful

agonizingly
  • US
4 7.4
painfully
106 3.7
painlessly
7 2.5
comfortably
45 2.0

Surface Forms

painlessly positive
painlesslier comparative
painlessliest superlative

Morphology

painlessly = painless (transparent) = pain + less + ly

Formed from the adjective 'painless' with the regular adverbial suffix '-ly', yielding the expected meaning 'in a way that is without pain'.

Etymology

Painlessly is made from pain and the ending -less, where -less means 'without', and -ly turns the word into an adverb, like careless which means 'without care'. So, painlessly means doing something 'without pain' or in a way that causes no pain.