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Webster 1913 Edition

Easy

Eas′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Easier
;
sup
erl.
Easiest
.]
[OF.
aisié
, F.
aisé
, prop. p. p. of OF.
aisier
. See
Ease
,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
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
.
Syn. – Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned.

Webster 1828 Edition

Easy

E'ASY

,
Adj.
s as z. [See Ease.] Quiet;being at rest; free from pain, disturbance or annoyance. The patient has slept well and is easy.
1.
Free from anxiety, care, solicitude or peevishness; quiet; tranquil; as an easy mind.
2.
Giving no pain or disturbance; as an easy posture; an easy carriage.
3.
Not difficult; that gives or requires no great labor or exertion; that presents no great obstacles; as an easy task. It is often more easy to resolve, than to execute.
Knowledge is easy to him that understandeth. Prov.14.
4.
Not causing labor or difficulty. An easy ascent or slope, is a slope rising with a small angle.
5.
Smooth; not uneven; not rough or very hilly; that may be traveled with ease; as an easy road.
6.
Gentle; moderate; not pressing; as a ship under easy sail.
7.
Yielding with little or no resistance; complying; credulous.
With such deceits he gained their easy hearts.
8.
Ready; not unwilling; as easy to forgive.
9.
Contented; satisfied. Allow hired men wages that will make them easy.
10. Giving ease; freeing from labor, care or the fatigue of business; furnishing abundance without toil; affluent; as easy circumstances; an easy fortune.
11. Not constrained; not stiff or formal; as easy manners; an easy address; easy movements in dancing.
12. Smooth; flowing; not harsh; as an easy style.
13. Not jolting; as, the horse has an easy gait.
14. Not heavy or burdensome.
My yoke is easy, and my burden light. Matt.11.

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