effortlessness
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- The quality of requiring little effort: The state or characteristic of being easy to accomplish, perform, or achieve without requiring significant exertion, strain, or difficulty.
- The appearance of ease and skill: The graceful, smooth, and seemingly natural manner in which a difficult task is performed, often as a result of great skill or practice.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The pianist performed the complex sonata with remarkable effortlessness. (The pianist played the difficult piece with a quality that made it appear very easy.)
- Her effortlessness in solving complex equations impressed her professors. (Her quality of solving hard problems with little apparent effort was impressive.)
- Such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice. (This quality of appearing easy is the result of much practice.)
Advanced Usage
- "with effortless effortlessness": A phrase sometimes used for emphasis to describe an action performed with supreme and natural ease.
- The dancer moved across the stage with an effortless effortlessness that captivated the audience.
- "the effortlessness of genius": A metaphorical use describing how brilliant ideas or creations can seem to emerge naturally and without strain.
- The novel's plot unfolds with the effortlessness of genius, hiding the author's meticulous planning.
Variants and Related Words
- Effortless (adj): Requiring or involving no effort; appearing easy.
- She made an effortless leap over the hurdle.
- Effortlessly (adv): In a manner requiring no apparent effort.
- He solved the puzzle effortlessly.
Synonyms
- Ease: Freedom from difficulty or great effort.
- Facility: Ability to do something easily; aptitude.
- Smoothness: The quality of being without difficulties or problems.
Antonyms
- Difficulty: The state of being hard to accomplish.
- Struggle: A forceful effort to get free or achieve something.
- Laboriousness: The quality of requiring considerable work and effort.
Noun
- the quality of requiring little effort
- such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice