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Webster 1913 Edition
Easiness
Eas′i-ness
,Noun.
1.
The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.
2.
Freedom from difficulty; ease;
as, the
. easiness
of a task3.
Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.
Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your
easiness
. South.
4.
Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; – said of style, manner, etc.
With painful care, but seeming
easiness
. Roscommon.
5.
Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.
Webster 1828 Edition
Easiness
E'ASINESS
,Noun.
Easiness and difficulty are relative terms.
1.
Flexibility; readiness to comply; prompt compliance; a yielding or disposition to yield without opposition or reluctance.Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness.
So we say, a man's easiness of temper is remarkable.
2.
Freedom from stiffness, constraint, effort or formality; applied to manners or to the style of writing.3.
Rest; tranquillity; ease; freedom from pain.4.
Freedom from shaking or jolting,as of a moving vehicle.5.
Softness; as the easiness of a seat.Definition 2024
easiness
easiness
English
Noun
easiness (usually uncountable, plural easinesses)
- The state or quality of being easy in its various senses, particularly:
- Freedom from discomfort and worry: comfort.
- Freedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace.
- Lack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene i, l. 68:
- Lack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv, l. 153:
- Lack of harshness: gentleness, kindness.
- Lack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity.
Translations
the quality of being easy
References
- Oxford English Dictionary. "easiness, n."