Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - painless

1. Something such as a treatment that is painless causes no physical pain. Acupuncture treatment is gentle, painless, and, invariably, most relaxing... ...a quick and painless death. ? painful ADJ • painlessly ...a technique to eliminate unwanted facial hair quickly and painlessly. ? painfully ADV: ADV with v 2. If a process or activity is painless, there are no difficulties involved, and you do not have to make a great effort or suffer in any way. House-hunting is in fact relatively painless in this region... ADJ • painlessly ...a game for children which painlessly teaches essential pre-reading skills. ADV: ADV with v