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   easy

   /ˈiːzi/

   adjective

   • 1. achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties: "an easy way of retrieving information" Similar uncomplicatednot difficultundemandingunexactingunchallengingeffortlesspainlesstrouble-freefacilesimplestraightforwardelementaryidiot-proofplain sailinginformal:easy-peasyeasy as pieas easy as falling off a logas easy as ABCa piece of cakechild's playkids' stuffa cinchno sweata doddlea breezea pushovermoney for old ropemoney for jamduck soupa snapeasy-breezyinformal:a bludgea piece of old tacklevulgar slang:a piece of pissdated:a snipOpposite difficult
   • 2. (of a period of time or way of life) free from worries or problems: "promises of an easy life in the New World" Similar calmtranquilserenequietpeacefultrouble-freeuntroubledundisturbedunworriedcontentedrelaxedcomfortablesecuresafeinformal:cushyOpposite uneasy
   • ▪ (of a person) lacking anxiety or awkwardness; relaxed: "her easy and agreeable manner" Similar naturalcasualinformalunceremoniousunreserveduninhibitedunconstrainedunforcedunaffectedfree and easyeasy-goingfamiliaramiableaffablegenialcongenialagreeablegood-humouredcarefreenonchalantunconcernedcomposedinsoucianturbanesuaveinformal:laid-backunflappabletogetherOpposite formal
   • 3. (of an object of attack or criticism) having no defence; vulnerable: "as a taxi driver he was an easy target" Similar vulnerablesusceptibleexploitabledefencelessnaivegullibletrustingcredulousimpressionableripe for the pickingOpposite streetwise
   • ▪ very receptive to sexual advances (typically used of a woman): informal, derogatory "her reputation at school for being easy"

   adverb

   • 1. without difficulty or effort: archaic, informal US "we all scared real easy in those days"

   exclamation

   • 1. be careful: "easy, girl—you'll knock me over!"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘comfortable, tranquil’): from Old French aisie, past participle of aisier ‘put at ease, facilitate’ (see ease).

   Derivatives

   • 1. easiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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     Easy definition: not hard or difficult; requiring no great...

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   The adjective easy can describe anything that comes without too much effort, like your baseball team's easy win, or your dad's easy recipe for nachos.

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   • Some common synonyms of easy are effortless, facile, light, simple, and smooth. While all these words mean "not demanding effort or involving diffi...
   • Although the words effortless and easy have much in common, effortless stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of...
   • Facile often adds to easy the connotation of undue haste or shallowness. // facile answers to complex questions
   • The meanings of light and easy largely overlap; however, light stresses freedom from what is burdensome. // a light teaching load
   • The synonyms simple and easy are sometimes interchangeable, but simple stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absen...
   • In some situations, the words smooth and easy are roughly equivalent. However, smooth stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardship...

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