PAINLESSLY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

painlessly

adverb

as in easily

without difficulty the move to our new house was accomplished rather painlessly

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Recent Examples of painlessly Where fruit pies and galettes take painstaking time and attention, cobblers and the like come together quickly and painlessly. — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2026 Before dismissing this activity or just trying to get through it, recognize your tendency to view nearly everything as a situation from which to extricate yourself as quickly and painlessly as possible. — Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Harrison uses this bag to go to and from the laundromat painlessly. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026 Politicians would like to believe that rising health-insurance costs result from bloated hospital budgets, physician overpayments, or administrative waste—problems that could be trimmed away painlessly. — Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 Users asked questions like how to painlessly kill themselves, how to write suicide notes, how to make meth and how to hack other apps. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026 The new AllergE patch, on the other hand, would painlessly and continuously provide IgE readings via the skin throughout at-risk periods, such as during and after meals. — New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025 Bendy and flexible to gently comb through hair without tugging, pulling, or roughing up hair with tension, this unfurls any tangles and knots painlessly, thanks to the flexible bristles. — Brianna Peters, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2025 The investigation revealed that Mitteness had been researching ways to painlessly kill an elderly person, authorities said. — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025

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As such, it could be easily exported to describe Jewish quarters elsewhere—and eventually adapted to describe sites of confinement or exclusion the world over.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The moon's glare will hide faint nearby stars, but Saturn itself is easily bright enough to cope.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of easily

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The hair accessories blended effortlessly with her texture, folding between the body of her hair thanks to celebrity hair architect Igor Rosales.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Its Jibbitz charms, which snap directly into ventilation holes on its shoes, let wearers mix and match playful designs to effortlessly showcase their personal style.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of effortlessly

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Some dental floss manufacturers have been quietly moving away from the synthetic material PTFE, which helped their product slip smoothly between teeth.

— Margaret Hetherman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Some fans have never gotten over the slight, even as Murphy has kept the train running smoothly.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of smoothly

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Manufacturers must produce hardware faster, ground crews must prepare missions in parallel, and reusable boosters must return to service efficiently.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
According to Karlidag, drying similar fabrics together usually helps the load dry more evenly and efficiently.

— Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026

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