easy
/ˈiːzi/
noun/ˈiːzi/
/ˈizi/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
Something that is easy
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Meaning 2 · adjective
Comfortable; at ease.
“Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.”
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Meaning 3 · adjective
Requiring little skill or effort.
“It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.”
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Meaning 4 · adjective
Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
“Rich people live in easy circumstances.”
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Meaning 5 · adjective
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
“easy manners; an easy style”
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Meaning 6 · adjective
(of a woman) Consenting readily to sex.
“She has a reputation for being easy; they say she slept with half the senior class.”
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Meaning 7 · adjective
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
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Meaning 8 · adjective
Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
“The market is easy.”
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Meaning 9 · adverb
In a relaxed or casual manner.
“After his illness, John decided to take it easy.”
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Meaning 10 · adverb
In a manner without strictness or harshness.
“Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.”
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Meaning 11 · adverb
Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
“This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.”
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Meaning 12 · adverb
Not difficult, not hard.
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Meaning 13 · verb
To stop rowing.
How this word is used
- Everyday “Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.”
- General “It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.”
- General “Rich people live in easy circumstances.”
- General “easy manners; an easy style”
- General “She has a reputation for being easy; they say she slept with half the senior class.”
- General “The market is easy.”
- Everyday “After his illness, John decided to take it easy.”
- General “Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.”
- General “This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.”
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