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Easy   /ˈizi/   Listen
adjective
Easy  adj.  (compar. easier; superl. easiest)  
1.
At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as:
(a)
Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.
(b)
Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.
(c)
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. "The easy vigor of a line."
2.
Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. "Easy ways to die."
3.
Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory. "It were an easy leap."
4.
Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.
5.
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready. "He gained their easy hearts." "He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch."
6.
Moderate; sparing; frugal. (Obs.)
7.
(Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; opposed to tight.
Honors are easy (Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points.
Synonyms: Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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... real one, but the child we are to speak of did not see it. He saw the other two, but they were not real; they only existed in his fancy. The plot of the story is very simple; and, as it has been described so early, it is easy for those who think it stupid to lay the book ...
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