Pronunciations (6)
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/ˈiːzi/
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[ˈɪi̯zɪi̯]
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/ˈi.ze/
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/ˈiː.ze/
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ˈiːzi
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ˈizi
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Adjective
Comfortable; at ease.
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Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
Mrs. Jennings left them earlier than usual; for she could not be easy till the Middletons and Palmers were able to grieve as much as herself […]
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“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”
Requiring little skill or effort.
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This question is easy.
It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.
The teacher gave an easy test to her students.
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Now the easiest sell in traveldom is made even easier.
I realized this all too well when as a seminarian I got stuck with the job of recruiting the washees for a Maundy Thursday service. It's much easier to be the one down on the floor with the basin[…]
As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
Toyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read.
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to make it easier for his administration to deport people to South Sudan and other countries that are not their homeland, the latest in a series of controversial immigration policies the administration has put before the conservative-majority high court.
Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
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Rich people live in easy circumstances, that is, the easy life.
an easy chair
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
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easy manners; an easy style
the easy vigour of a line
Consenting readily to sex.
Usage- Derogatory
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- of a woman or girl
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She has a reputation for being easy; they say she slept with half the senior class.
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
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He gain'd their easy hearts.
He is[…] too tyrannical to be an easy monarch.
Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
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The market is easy.
Adverb
In a relaxed or casual manner.
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After his illness, John decided to take it easy.
Everything comes easy to her.
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We immediately threw out all the little things we had with us, ſuch as biſcuits, apples, &c. and after that one of our oars or wings; but ſtill deſcending, we caſt away the other wing, and then the governail ; having likewiſe had the precaution, for fear of accidents, while the Balloon was filling, partly to looſen and make it go eaſy, I now ſucceeded in attempting to reach without the Car, and unſcrewing the moulinet, with all its apparatus; I likewiſe caſt that into the ſea.
In a manner without strictness or harshness; gently; softly.
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Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.
Handily; at the very least.
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This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.
Noun
Something that is easy.
Usage- Informal
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Virtually all of the "easies" are the first watermark and the "toughs" are the second.
Run past the nasties, kill the easies.
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Make the easies a bit tougher by shaping slightly away from the A position.
Verb
Synonym of easy-oar.
Interjection
Requesting deintensification or a halt.
Usage- Informal
Adjective
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
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an easy job
an easy problem
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an easy victory
the house is easy to heat
satisfied with easy answers
took the easy way out of his dilemma
free from worry or anxiety
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knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy
an easy good-natured manner
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by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words
not hurried or forced
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an easy walk around the block
at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
affording pleasure
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easy good looks
having little impact
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an easy pat on the shoulder
gentle rain
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a gentle breeze
a soft (or light) tapping at the window
readily exploited or tricked
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an easy victim
an easy mark
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
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they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
easy living
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a prosperous family
his family is well-situated financially
well-to-do members of the community
marked by moderate steepness
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an easy climb
a gentle slope
affording comfort
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soft light that was easy on the eyes
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
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her easy virtue
he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
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wanton behavior
less in demand and therefore readily obtainable
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commodities are easy this quarter
obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally
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easy money
not strict
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an easy teacher
easy standards
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lenient rules
an easy penalty
Adverb
with ease (‘easy’ is sometimes used informally for ‘easily’)
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she was easily excited
was easily confused
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he won easily
this china breaks very easily
success came too easy
without speed (‘slow’ is sometimes used informally for ‘slowly’)
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he spoke slowly
go easy here — the road is slippery
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glaciers move tardily
please go slow so I can see the sights
in a relaxed manner; or without hardship
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just wanted to take it easy
the judge went easy on the young defendant