01 a. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint
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At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint
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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.
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Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.“It were an easy leap.” — Shak.
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4.
Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.
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Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.“He gained their easy hearts.” — Dryden.“He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch.” — Sir W. Scott.
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6.
Moderate; sparing; frugal.[Obs.]
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7.
Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.(Com.)
Phrases & compounds
Honors are easy —
said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points.
Syn.
Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned.