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painless

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pain·less  (pnls)
adj.
Free from complication or pain: a painless operation.
painless·ly adv.
painless·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
adjective 2. simple, easy, fast, quick, no trouble, effortless, trouble-free
Translations
painless [ˈpeɪnlɪs] adj → sin dolor; [method] → fácil
painless [ˈpeɪnlɪs] adj → indolore
painless [ˈpeɪnlɪs] pain adj → schmerzlos


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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.
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