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Least effort   /list ˈɛfərt/   Listen
Least effort

noun
1.
The least effortful way to do something.  Synonym: least resistance.






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"Least effort" Quotes from Famous Books



... any other sort of resuscitation. Not that baby! The self-dependent, courageous, perfectly competent and winning little rascal resuscitated itself. Instantly, too—and positively—and apparently without the least effort in the world. Moreover—and with remarkable directness—it demanded what it wanted—and got it. And having been nourished to its satisfaction from young Master Bartender's silver-mounted bottle (which John Fairmeadow then secretly slipped ...
— Christmas Eve at Swamp's End • Norman Duncan

... slight pang as our hands parted; for to say the truth, I liked her better than Clara, who seemed to be always a little on the defensive, whereas Annie was as frank as could be, and seemed to get honest pleasure from everything and everybody about her without the least effort. ...
— News from Nowhere - or An Epoch of Rest, being some chapters from A Utopian Romance • William Morris

... on its head, landing violently on its back. Ned had dismounted without the least effort on his part, so that he was well out of the way when his mount landed. He had been hurled from the saddle the instant the pony's ...
— The Pony Rider Boys in Montana • Frank Gee Patchin

... rhetoric, Denzil lost no opportunity of following his leader, and was often astonished at the ease with which he harangued as long as Polterham patience would endure him. To get up and make a two hours' speech no longer cost him the least effort; he played with the stock subjects of eloquence, sported among original jokes and catch-words, burned through perorations with the joy of an improvisatore in happiest mood. The Examiner could not report ...
— Denzil Quarrier • George Gissing

... trouble now; it is indeed very much fuller and more resonant. I can fill my church without the least effort. ...
— The Mechanism of the Human Voice • Emil Behnke



Words linked to "Least effort" :   sweat, travail, elbow grease, exertion, effort, least resistance



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