painless

adj

Etymology

From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”).

  1. inherited from paynles

Definitions

  1. Free from pain

    Free from pain; without pain or trouble.

    • There are now washless dishes, painless razors, painless shoes, painless corsets, prepared soups, painless photographs (it used to give you a stiff neck for three days to have your picture taken)[…]
  2. Not difficult

    Not difficult; easy.

    • At first it seemed like a very painless way to get my work done and I told Milly to let me sleepwrite as much as I liked. We discovered, however, that although my subconscious might lead me to the typewriter, it couldn't make me think.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA