painless

pain·less (p

adj.

Free from complication or pain: a painless operation.

painless·ly adv.

painless·ness n.

painless [ˈpeɪnlɪs]

adj

1. not causing pain or distress

2. not affected by pain

painlessly adv

painlessness n

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Adj.	1.	painless - requiring little hard work or exertion; "a painless solution to the problem" easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"
	2.	painless - not causing physical or psychological pain; "painless dentistry" harmless - not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

painless

adjective

1. pain-free, without pain The operation is a brief, painless procedure.

2. simple, easy, fast, quick, no trouble, effortless, trouble-free There are no painless solutions to the problem.

Translations

painless [ˈpeɪnlɪs] ADJ

1. (= without pain) → indoloro, sin dolor
painless childbirth → parto m sin dolor

2. (fig) (= easy) → sin mayores dificultades

painless [ˈpeɪnləs] adj

(= without pain) [operation, treatment] → indolore; [death, childbirth] → sans douleur
Acupuncture treatment is gentle, painless and relaxing → Le traitement par l'acupuncture est doux, indolore et relaxant.
The operation itself is a painless procedure → L'opération en soi est indolore.

(= not difficult) [solution, process] → indolore
There are no easy or painless solutions to the problem → Il n'y a pas de solution facile ou indolore à ce problème.
a painless way to stop inflation → une manière indolore d'arrêter l'inflation
to be fairly painless → n'être pas bien méchant
Changing your bank is generally fairly painless → En général, changer de banque n'est pas bien méchant.

painless

adj → schmerzlos; I promise you the interview will be quite painless (inf) → ich versichere Ihnen, dass das Interview kurz und schmerzlos wird (inf); a procedure which makes paying completely painless (inf) → ein Verfahren, bei dem Sie von der Bezahlung überhaupt nichts merken; don’t worry, it’s quite painless (inf) → keine Angst, es tut gar nicht weh

painless [ˈpeɪnlɪs] adj (gen) → indolore (fig) (exam) → non troppo difficile; (interview) → non spiacevole

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The face, as it showed under the glass, was not disagreeable to look upon: it bore a faint smile, and as the death had been painless, had not been distorted beyond the repairing power of the undertaker.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

But I have been able to dwell in their charming out-land or no-land with the shepherds and shepherdesses and nymphs, satyrs, and fauns, of Tasso and Guarini, and I take the finest pleasure in their company, their Dresden china loves and sorrows, their airy raptures, their painless throes, their polite anguish, their tears not the least salt, but flowing as sweet as the purling streams of their enamelled meadows.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

It is from these specimens of the refuse of our Nobility that the great Tumults and Seditions of past ages have generally derived their leaders; and so great is the mischief thence arising that an increasing minority of our more progressive Statesmen are of opinion that true mercy would dictate their entire suppression, by enacting that all who fail to pass the Final Examination of the University should be either imprisoned for life, or extinguished by a painless death.

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

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