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Easy

adjective
(compar. easier; superl. easiest)
1.
Posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.  "An easy problem" , "An easy victory" , "The house is easy to heat" , "Satisfied with easy answers" , "Took the easy way out of his dilemma"  Antonym: difficult.
2.
Not hurried or forced.  Synonyms: easygoing, leisurely.  "At a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"
3.
Free from worry or anxiety.  "An easy good-natured manner" , "By the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words"  Antonym: uneasy.
4.
Affording pleasure.
5.
Having little impact.  Synonyms: gentle, soft.  "Gentle rain" , "A gentle breeze" , "A soft (or light) tapping at the window"
6.
Readily exploited or tricked.  "An easy mark"
7.
In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.  Synonyms: comfortable, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do.  "Easy living" , "A prosperous family" , "His family is well-situated financially" , "Well-to-do members of the community"
8.
Marked by moderate steepness.  Synonym: gentle.  "A gentle slope"
9.
Affording comfort.
10.
Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.  Synonyms: light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton.  "He was told to avoid loose (or light) women" , "Wanton behavior"
11.
Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable.
12.
Obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally.
adverb
1.
With ease ('easy' is sometimes used informally for 'easily').  Synonym: easily.  "Was easily confused" , "He won easily" , "This china breaks very easily" , "Success came too easy"
2.
Without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly').  Synonyms: slow, slowly, tardily.  "Go easy here--the road is slippery" , "Glaciers move tardily" , "Please go slow so I can see the sights"  Antonym: quickly.
3.
In a relaxed manner; or without hardship.  Synonym: soft.



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"Easy" Quotes from Famous Books



... philosopher of Fortune. "All languages come easy to the man who must know 'em. I've even failed to misunderstand an order to evacuate in classical Chinese when it was backed up by the muzzle of a breech-loader. This little literary essay I hold in my hands means a ...
— Cabbages and Kings • O. Henry
... a comparatively easy time of it for the rest of the term. He usually managed to secure four out of the five points obtainable, and steadily added to his score until at last there was no chance of anyone beating him, and he could ...
— Bert Lloyd's Boyhood - A Story from Nova Scotia • J. McDonald Oxley
... contemptible curiosity which it had planted in my mind, more than at any former time. These women—I could find it in my heart to hate them for their frankness, for their foolish confidence, and the silly trustfulness that made them so easy a prey! ...
— Under the Red Robe • Stanley Weyman
... commemorate the return of Vittorio EmanueleI. to Turin after the fall of Napoleon. Alittle to the right on a hill (Il Monte) is a Capuchin convent, built towards the end of the 16th cent. The road up is very easy, and the view from the terrace admirable. Immediately above the Madre di Dio church is the palace, La Vigna della Regina, built by Prince Maurice of Savoy, which after his time was inhabited by one of ...
— The South of France--East Half • Charles Bertram Black
... up the loft ladder—practice had made this once difficult feat easy for them—and for a half hour jumped about in the clean, sweet hay, forgetting their game. The smooth, slippery hay, piled in such masses, never failed ...
— Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm • Mabel C. Hawley


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