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