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Definition of Effortlessness
1. Noun. The quality of requiring little effort. "Such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice"
Specialized synonyms: Facility, Readiness, Smoothness
Antonyms: Effortfulness
Derivative terms: Effortless, Effortless
Definition of Effortlessness
1. Noun. The state of being effortless; facility ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Effortlessness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effortlessness
Literary usage of Effortlessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1912)
"Her way of bringing about effortlessness, she added, was by keeping her hands
... The behavior, however, does not indicate effortlessness and passivity, ..."
2. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"The comparison holds also in two further points, the apparent effortlessness of
its successes, and the fact that, in consequence, its virtue attracts little ..."
3. Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times by Sydney George Fisher (1898)
"... is the effortlessness with which it performs its tasks. Washington went to
the front by a natural ascendency, a subtle magnetism of ..."
4. The Modern Drama: An Essay in Interpretation by Ludwig Lewisohn (1916)
"In dialogue, the medium of the drama, Haupt- mann adds to the reality of Holz a
complete effortlessness. Hence beside the speech of his characters all other ..."
5. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1907)
"The comparison holds also in two further points, the apparent effortlessness of
its successes, and the fact that, in consequence, its virtue attracts little ..."
6. Suggestion and Autosuggestion: A Psychological and Pedagogical Study Based by Charles Baudouin (1922)
"This will at the same time teach us to avoid making any effort, and effortlessness
is a habit we must acquire if we are to practise autosuggestion. ..."
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