Antonyms for effortless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ef-ert-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛf ərt lɪs


Definition of effortless

Origin :
  • 1801, "passive," from effort + -less. Meaning "easy" is from 1831. Related: Effortlessly; effortlessness.
  • adj easy
Example sentences :
  • Its nose was to the trail, and it trotted with a peculiar, sliding, effortless gait.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • She came steadily forward with a queenly, effortless stride.
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • What are the health habits that should become instinctive and effortless for every worker?
  • Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen
  • And at first there came on her an incredible, effortless dexterity.
  • Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair
  • And where does he get the easy and effortless flow of his speech?
  • Extract from : « What Is Man? And Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Are we to study with conscious attention or with effortless attention?
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Language-Study » by Harold E. Palmer
  • This is one of the most effortless yet best balanced pictures in his collection.
  • Extract from : « Where Art Begins » by Hume Nisbet
  • Contact with them is for him effortless; they tend to draw him to their plane.
  • Extract from : « Once Aboard The Lugger » by Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
  • Every day opens and closes like a flower, noiseless, effortless.
  • Extract from : « My First Summer in the Sierra » by John Muir
  • Far different, this, than the swift, effortless swimming of the blubber-men.
  • Extract from : « Seed of the Arctic Ice » by H. G. Winter

Synonyms for effortless

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