effortlessly

UK/ˈɛf.ət.ləs.li/US/ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/

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Effortlessly means easily, and with no apparent strain. Moved effortlessly, effortlessly stylish, effortlessly won.

The apparent is doing the work, since anything done effortlessly usually took years to make look that way. It is the highest compliment in sport and in writing alike.

Definitions of effortlessly

1adverbeffortlesslyEasily, and with no apparent strain.B2+
“The skater glided effortlessly across the ice.”

effortlessly is a manner.

Where it comes from

From effortless + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

effortlessly in the wild

Like so many fine pieces of art, this song gives the impression of being written effortlessly.
There Will Never Be Another You
Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres, moving effortlessly from one repertory to another.
Hubert Laws
The New Yorker magazine described it as "effortlessly lovely" in 1959.
Oh, So Nice!
Diana Mocanu emerged as a newcomer on the international swimming, after effortlessly winning her second gold at these Games.
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Fred James, who produced much of Shelton's later work, noted that Shelton moved effortlessly into soul music, unlike many of his 1950s blues and R&B recording contemporaries.
Roscoe Shelton

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