painless

[peyn-lis]

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adjective

without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
Informal. not difficult; requiring little or no hard work or exertion.

Origin of painless

First recorded in 1560–70; pain + -less

Related formspain·less·ly, adverbpain·less·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for painless

Contemporary Examples

The familiar and mournful theme song, “Suicide Is Painless,” filled the room.
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Alex Belth
June 15, 2014
A soon-to-be released app uses text streaming to make reading quick and painless.
The Need for a Speed Read
Nicholas Mancusi
March 10, 2014
Much debate centered on the necessary current and the current type (AC versus DC) to assure a rapid and painless death.
The Death Penalty’s Gruesome Truth
Kent Sepkowitz
February 6, 2014
If the cliff-averting deals were obvious and painless, they would have been concluded by now.
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Daniel Gross
November 21, 2012
Changing the funding formula for pensions is the most logical and painless solution.
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December 24, 2011

Historical Examples

Here in this little gulch was all he sought; here were peace and painless sleep.
The Biography of a Grizzly
Ernest Seton-Thompson
It had been said the death was painless, but that was Government propaganda.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930
Various
And if so, are they not to be preferred to other modes of training because they are painless?
Laws
Plato
I could scarcely believe that I had spent three painless hours.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
She sighed a gentle, painless sigh, and smiled again like a saint.
David Elginbrod
George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for painless

painless

adjective

not causing pain or distress
not affected by pain

Derived Formspainlessly, adverbpainlessness, noun

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Word Origin and History for painless

adj.

1560s, from pain (n.) + -less. Related: Painlessly; painlessness.

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Examples from the Web for painless

Contemporary Examples

The familiar and mournful theme song, “Suicide Is Painless,” filled the room.

A soon-to-be released app uses text streaming to make reading quick and painless.

Much debate centered on the necessary current and the current type (AC versus DC) to assure a rapid and painless death.

If the cliff-averting deals were obvious and painless, they would have been concluded by now.

Changing the funding formula for pensions is the most logical and painless solution.

Historical Examples

Here in this little gulch was all he sought; here were peace and painless sleep.

It had been said the death was painless, but that was Government propaganda.

And if so, are they not to be preferred to other modes of training because they are painless?

I could scarcely believe that I had spent three painless hours.

She sighed a gentle, painless sigh, and smiled again like a saint.

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Word Origin and History for painless

adj.

Origin of painless