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. Simple; basic; natural; uncomplicated.
  2. Bearable; endurable; sufferable; tolerable.
  3. Susceptible.
  4. Lesser; subordinate.
  5. Nearby; accessible; within reach.
  6. Quiet; serene; tranquil; unburdened; [fig.] free from death.
  7. Transparent; apparent; evident; clear; plain; decipherable; readable.
  8. Not difficult; giving no great labor; requiring little exertion; presenting no great obstacles.
  9. Light; slight; small; not heavy; not burdensome; [fig.] less sorrowful.
  10. Normal; common; ordinary.
  11. Carefree; comfortable.
  12. Gentle; soft; mild; balmy; flowing; halcyon; moderate; temperate; not forceful.
  13. Agreeable; congenial; amenable; submissive; compliant; obliging; not unwilling; yielding with little resistance.
  14. Safe; not dangerous.
  15. Not far; short in distance; not difficult to travel.

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