painlessly

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Recent Examples of painlessly Where fruit pies and galettes take painstaking time and attention, cobblers and the like come together quickly and painlessly. Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2026 Before dismissing this activity or just trying to get through it, recognize your tendency to view nearly everything as a situation from which to extricate yourself as quickly and painlessly as possible. Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Harrison uses this bag to go to and from the laundromat painlessly. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026 Politicians would like to believe that rising health-insurance costs result from bloated hospital budgets, physician overpayments, or administrative waste—problems that could be trimmed away painlessly. Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 Users asked questions like how to painlessly kill themselves, how to write suicide notes, how to make meth and how to hack other apps. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026 The new AllergE patch, on the other hand, would painlessly and continuously provide IgE readings via the skin throughout at-risk periods, such as during and after meals. New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025 Bendy and flexible to gently comb through hair without tugging, pulling, or roughing up hair with tension, this unfurls any tangles and knots painlessly, thanks to the flexible bristles. Brianna Peters, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2025 The investigation revealed that Mitteness had been researching ways to painlessly kill an elderly person, authorities said. Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for painlessly
Adverb
  • The Sparks easily could have spiraled following Monday’s disaster in Seattle.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • But now easily accessible land is filling up, and developers are eying space farther from the highway.
    Mark Dee July 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026
Adverb
  • Handwoven wicker appears effortlessly draped across the seat of the Andalusia bench from West Elm, contrasted by slim wrought iron legs for a rustic touch.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
  • Cool hues of pistachio and coral skip across the spaces, with corduroy swivel chairs and floral throw pillows that feel straight out of your grandma’s house yet are effortlessly cool.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
Adverb
  • Their spacecraft docked smoothly at the station in automatic mode about three hours after the launch.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • The ribbed material and unique silhouette will transition smoothly into my fall wardrobe.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Adverb
  • Those tools are intended to help maintainers review inspection findings more efficiently and make faster maintenance decisions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • Rather than focusing solely on executing work more efficiently, intelligent enterprises generate value through decision intelligence, recommendations and adaptive automation that continuously improve outcomes across the organization.
    Motaz Agamawi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Adverb
  • But Republican lawmakers pushing for these changes say a simple majority threshold makes amending their state constitution too easy — and thus too frequent of an occurrence.
    Ashley Lopez, NPR, 14 July 2026
  • The latter is neither of those things, which should make the choice pretty easy.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

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“Painlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painlessly. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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