painless

[ peyn-lis ]
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adjective
  1. without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.

  2. Informal. not difficult; requiring little or no hard work or exertion.

Origin of painless

1
First recorded in 1560–70; pain + -less

Other words from painless

  • pain·less·ly, adverb
  • pain·less·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for painless

painless

adjective
  1. not causing pain or distress

  2. not affected by pain

Derived forms of painless

  • painlessly, adverb
  • painlessness, noun

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