Effortless
adjective
Something that is done easily, requiring little to no effort or hard work.
She made the difficult task seem effortless.
Often appears as...
- effortless elegance
- effortless style
adjective
Something that is done easily, requiring little to no effort or hard work.
She made the difficult task seem effortless.
Often appears as...
- effortless elegance
- effortless style
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Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Impressions
Describes actions that seem easy but may have required practice or skill.
Her dance was so effortless, you'd never guess she trained for years.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Lazy
'Effortless' implies grace and skill, not a lack of hard work.
His confident, effortless speech impressed the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Figure of Speech
Sometimes it's used to exaggerate how simple something appears, not how simple it is.
With her talent, cooking a gourmet meal looks effortless.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Impressions
Describes actions that seem easy but may have required practice or skill.
Her dance was so effortless, you'd never guess she trained for years.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Lazy
'Effortless' implies grace and skill, not a lack of hard work.
His confident, effortless speech impressed the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Figure of Speech
Sometimes it's used to exaggerate how simple something appears, not how simple it is.
With her talent, cooking a gourmet meal looks effortless.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Impressions
Describes actions that seem easy but may have required practice or skill.
Her dance was so effortless, you'd never guess she trained for years.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Lazy
'Effortless' implies grace and skill, not a lack of hard work.
His confident, effortless speech impressed the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Figure of Speech
Sometimes it's used to exaggerate how simple something appears, not how simple it is.
With her talent, cooking a gourmet meal looks effortless.
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Laura Schulz: The...
You can figure out what other people are thinking. You can talk to them. You can navigate space. You know about numbers. You know causal relationships. You know about moral reasoning. You do this effortlessly, so we don't see it, but that is how we get the world right, and it's a remarkable and very difficult-to-understand accomplishment.
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The science of symmetry...
or the effortless poise of a prima ballerina. When used in every day life, the word symmetry represents vague notions of beauty, harmony and balance. In math and science, symmetry has a different, and very specific, meaning. In this technical sense, a symmetry is the property of an object.
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
You would recoil. You would call the police. You would do something, because it's literally impossible to penetrate somebody's physical space and not get that reaction. We do so, remember, intuitively, effortlessly. This is our body wisdom; it's not something mediated by our language.
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Inside the black hole...
And this technique that we use of linking telescopes around the world kind of effortlessly sidesteps some of the issues that divide us. And as scientists, we naturally come together to do something like this. Wow, boy, that's inspiring for our whole team this week.
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It’s time to embrace our...
metropolitan area goes up by 10 percent now the importance of skills in explaining urban resurgence it helps make sense of a great paradox we live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommute across the planet in which we could all dial it in from whatever
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Why does your voice...
we effortlessly change notes as we speak. By pushing air faster or slower, we change the frequency and amplitude of these vibrations, which respectively translate to the pitch and volume of our voices. Rapid and small vibrations create high-pitched, quiet tones,
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Great White and Oceanic...
You can imagine an animal like this, swimming up toward the surface and then just gliding down. Maybe a mile deep into the ocean, looking for prey. Completely effortlessly with its pectorals, those dermal denticles, completely hydrodynamic
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Computing a theory of...
You know, it's always seemed like a big how nature, seemingly so effortlessly, manages to produce so much that seems to us so complex. Well, I think we've found its It's just sampling what's out there in the computational universe
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How racial bias works --...
they also reinforce bias. So the very things that help us to see the world also can blind us to it. They render our choices effortless, friction-free.
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Experiment! How Does An...
So, just one gentle wing beat sees her gliding effortlessly through the air creating little more than a whisper in the feathers below.
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Laura Schulz: The...
You can figure out what other people are thinking. You can talk to them. You can navigate space. You know about numbers. You know causal relationships. You know about moral reasoning. You do this effortlessly, so we don't see it, but that is how we get the world right, and it's a remarkable and very difficult-to-understand accomplishment.
Video examples
The science of symmetry...
or the effortless poise of a prima ballerina. When used in every day life, the word symmetry represents vague notions of beauty, harmony and balance. In math and science, symmetry has a different, and very specific, meaning. In this technical sense, a symmetry is the property of an object.
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
You would recoil. You would call the police. You would do something, because it's literally impossible to penetrate somebody's physical space and not get that reaction. We do so, remember, intuitively, effortlessly. This is our body wisdom; it's not something mediated by our language.
Video examples
Inside the black hole...
And this technique that we use of linking telescopes around the world kind of effortlessly sidesteps some of the issues that divide us. And as scientists, we naturally come together to do something like this. Wow, boy, that's inspiring for our whole team this week.
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
metropolitan area goes up by 10 percent now the importance of skills in explaining urban resurgence it helps make sense of a great paradox we live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommute across the planet in which we could all dial it in from whatever
Video examples
Why does your voice...
we effortlessly change notes as we speak. By pushing air faster or slower, we change the frequency and amplitude of these vibrations, which respectively translate to the pitch and volume of our voices. Rapid and small vibrations create high-pitched, quiet tones,
Video examples
Great White and Oceanic...
You can imagine an animal like this, swimming up toward the surface and then just gliding down. Maybe a mile deep into the ocean, looking for prey. Completely effortlessly with its pectorals, those dermal denticles, completely hydrodynamic
Video examples
Computing a theory of...
You know, it's always seemed like a big how nature, seemingly so effortlessly, manages to produce so much that seems to us so complex. Well, I think we've found its It's just sampling what's out there in the computational universe
Video examples
How racial bias works --...
they also reinforce bias. So the very things that help us to see the world also can blind us to it. They render our choices effortless, friction-free.
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Experiment! How Does An...
So, just one gentle wing beat sees her gliding effortlessly through the air creating little more than a whisper in the feathers below.
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Dutch Businessman
Crucially, healthcare needs to become connected. It should become effortless for medical professionals to share relevant data with colleagues around the world. Medical devices and systems in hospitals should be able to combine multiple sources of information.
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Yolanda Hadid
American Model
I have always been fascinated with romance and the fact that it is so effortless when we first fall in love but how it then becomes a conscious effort to stay creative and connected. Thats why I always say, 'Get wise: keep your romance alive.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
In high school I became a vegetarian more times than I can now remember, most often as an effort to claim some identity in a world of people whose identities seemed to come effortlessly.
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James Marsden
American Actor
You can find all types of men anywhere, but a smart man will always make you feel important and understood. And a woman can always tell when a man does it genuinely and effortlessly.
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Shweta Basu Prasad
Indian Actress
What is memory? To remember is an effort and to forget, effortless. And some memories get etched so deep in our system that they are remembered effortlessly.
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John Grogan
American Author
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans.
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J. Courtney Sullivan
American Novelist
As a little girl, my dollhouse allowed me to imagine a big, perfect, grown-up life in which I'd be effortlessly domestic.
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Tim Walker
British Photographer
It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them look effortless.
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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Indian Scientist
Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.
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Vijay Krishna Acharya
Indian Director
Thugs Of Hindostan' involved a lot of prep to be able to make the character look effortless.
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