pain·less

[peyn-lis]
adjective
1.
without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
2.
Informal. not difficult; requiring little or no hard work or exertion.

Origin:
1560–70; pain + -less

pain·less·ly, adverb
pain·less·ness, noun
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painless
 
adj
1.  not causing pain or distress
2.  not affected by pain
 
painlessly
 
adv
 
painlessness
 
n

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Painless is always a great word to know.
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They are usually slow- growing, painless, freely movable lumps beneath the skin.
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