Effortful and Elementary

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Effortful adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.

Usage example: the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading

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Elementary is an antonym for effortful.

Nearby Words: effort, effortlessly, effortless

Elementary adjective - Of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject.

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Effortful is an antonym for elementary.

Nearby Words: element, elemental, elementarily

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