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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for painlessly
  1. easily
  2. effortlessly
  3. smoothly
  4. efficiently
  5. easy
Adverb
  • Casual hook-ups just don’t come easily to him, and that’s okay.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • With so many moving pieces involved in buying a car, insurance can easily fall to the bottom of the priority list.
    — McKynzie Steward, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of easily
Adverb
  • The daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz has cultivated her own aesthetic, ranging from edgy to romantic and from effortlessly off-duty to full red carpet glamour.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The 42mm transducer system pumps out breathtaking dynamic range, while Adaptive Noise Cancellation effortlessly silences noisy dorm halls and busy coffee shops.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of effortlessly
Adverb
  • Just because the gaps are closed and everything is buttoned up, there are no guarantees everything will go smoothly once the peak season arrives.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The 27-inch Odyssey G3 keeps your study desk and gaming setup running smoothly with an ultrafast 180-hertz refresh rate and 1ms response time.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of smoothly
Adverb
  • The process is still largely done by hand because machines have not been developed that can efficiently remove the delicate threads without damaging the product.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • People moving efficiently through space, eyes down, earbuds in, interacting with screens instead of humans.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of efficiently
Adverb
  • There was no sign of the usual easy-going, affable nature that has been so indicative of Joe Root’s personality in his 14 years as an England cricketer.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • That makes the decision about whether to draft a quarterback next year easy.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of easy

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“Painlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painlessly. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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