effortfulness
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The student's effortfulness was clear as she solved the complex math problem.
Definition
- Noun:
- The quality or state of requiring or involving deliberate, conscious effort: The characteristic of an activity, task, or process that demands significant physical or mental exertion, focus, or willpower to perform or complete.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The sheer effortfulness of the mountain climb left them exhausted but triumphant.
- She was surprised by the effortfulness of the simple task after her illness.
- The effortfulness of learning a new language can be discouraging at first.
Advanced Usage
- "The effortfulness of attention": A phrase used in psychology to describe the conscious, taxing nature of maintaining focus, especially on a difficult or uninteresting task.
- The study measured the effortfulness of attention required during the tedious monitoring task.
Variants and Related Words
- Effortful (adj): Requiring or showing effort.
- His breathing was slow and effortful after the race.
- Effortlessly (adv): The opposite manner; without effort.
- The dancer moved effortlessly across the stage.
Synonyms
- Laboriousness: The quality of requiring much hard work.
- Strenuousness: The quality of requiring great energy or exertion.
- Arduousness: The quality of involving strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
Antonyms
- Effortlessness: The quality of requiring no apparent effort; ease.
- Facility: Ability to do something easily; absence of difficulty.
The student's effortfulness was clear as she solved the complex math problem.
Noun
- the quality of requiring deliberate effort