effortlessly

adverb

Definition of effortlesslynext
as in easily
without difficulty the pizza worker flung the round of dough into the air and effortlessly caught it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effortlessly
  1. easily
  2. easy
  3. efficiently
  4. freely
Adverb
  • The division is open for the taking, meaning if the Commanders can also easily earn the top seed in the NFC.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
  • This required surgically implanting acoustic tags that could transmit data via satellite and cannot be easily dislodged during the study period.
    — Priya Shukla, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of easily
Adverb
  • Anderson makes that suspension of disbelief easy enough, however, through skillful orchestration of atmospheric and action-ful eye candy.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Despite that, North Carolina’s courts let thousands of those extreme speeders off easy.
    — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of easy
Adverb
  • Depositphotos View 2 Images In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go through the intermediate step of converting them to stem cells first.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Seamless integration with freight forwarders, 3PLs, customs brokers and shipping agents ensures that critical data flows efficiently between systems.
    — Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of efficiently
Adverb
  • The camera gets close to the players and intersects freely with the action in ways that would be impossible for a broadcast or a spectator.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Politics & History The Power of the Veil for Spanish Women In sixteenth-century Spain, veiling allowed women to move freely through cities while keeping their identities private.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
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