Definition for Easy (easier, easiest)

easy (easier, easiest), adj. [OFr.] (webplay: care, causing, complying, contented, dancing, difficulty, expense, free, gently, Giving, great, hilly, Knowledge, laugh, life, men, opposition, pain, pass, patient, requires, rest, rising, road, sacrifice, sail, slept, small, softness, soon, stiffness, tranquillity, understandeth, uneven, well, without, yieldeth).

  1. Not difficult; that gives or requires no great labor or exertion; that presents no great obstacles.
  2. Yielding with little or no resistance; complying; credulous.
  3. Free from anxiety, care, solicitude, or peevishness; quiet.
  4. Not heavy or burdensome.
  5. Ready; not unwilling.
  6. Gentle; moderate; not pressing.
  7. Smooth; flowing; not harsh.
  8. Within reach; nearby; accessible.

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