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EFFORTLESSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of requiring little effort
Example:
such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("effortlessness" is a kind of...):
ease; easiness; simpleness; simplicity (freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "effortlessness"):
facility; readiness (a natural effortlessness)
smoothness (the quality of being free from errors or interruptions)
Antonym:
effortfulness (the quality of requiring deliberate effort)
Derivation:
effortless (not showing effort or strain)
effortless (requiring or apparently requiring no effort)
