painlessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English painless

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English painlessly

From painless + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

painlessly (comparative more painlessly, superlative most painlessly)

1. In a painless manner.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141:

     The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol.

Translations

in a painless manner

• Esperanto: sendolore
• Finnish: kivuttomasti
• French: indolorement (fr)
• Hebrew: ללא כאב (leló ke'év)
• Italian: in modo indolore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smertefritt

  Nynorsk: smertefritt

• Polish: bezboleśnie (pl)
• Russian: безболе́зненно (ru) (bezboléznenno)
• Turkish: ağrısızca