painless

painless
painlessly, adv.painlessness, n.
/payn"lis/, adj.
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.
[1560-70; PAIN + -LESS]

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