Definitions for: Easy


[adv] with ease; "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; (`easy' is used informally for `easily' as in"success came too easy")
[adv] (informal) in a relaxed manner; or without hardship; "just wanted to take it easy" (`soft' is nonstandard)
[adv] without speed; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly' as in"please go slow; I want to see the sights")
[adj] (economics) plentiful and therefore at low interest rates; easy to come by; "easy money"
[adj] (economics) less in demand and therefore readily obtainable; "commodities are easy this quarter"
[adj] casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
[adj] affording comfort; "soft light that was easy on the eyes"
[adj] not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"
[adj] posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"
[adj] free from worry or anxiety; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words"
[adj] performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand"
[adj] marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"
[adj] readily exploited or tricked; "an easy mark"; "an easy victim"
[adj] not harsh; causing little distress; "an easy penalty"
[adj] having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"
[adj] not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"
[adj] affording pleasure; "easy good looks"
[adj] in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"



Webster (1913) Definition: Eas"y, a. [Compar. Easier; superl. Easiest.] [OF.
aisi['e], F. ais['e], prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See Ease,
v. t.]
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.'' --Pope.

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.'' --Shak.

3. Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight;
inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

It were an easy leap. --Shak.

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. --Dryden.

He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. --Sir W.
Scott.

6. Moderate; sparing; frugal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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.

Syn: Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile;
unconcerned.

Synonyms: abundant, at ease, available, casual, comfortable, comfy, cushy, easily, easygoing, effortless, elementary, facile, gentle, gradual, hands-down, leisurely, lenient, light, loose, painless, pleasing, promiscuous, prosperous, rich, simple, simplified, slow, slowly, sluttish, smooth, soft, soft, tardily, unchaste, uncomplicated, undemanding, unhurried, unproblematic, user-friendly, wanton, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do

Antonyms: apace, chop-chop, difficult, hard, quickly, rapidly, speedily, uneasy

See Also: relaxed

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