Definition

1. 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.

Noun

1. the quality of requiring deliberate effort