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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Easy  \Eas"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Easier};  superl.  {Easiest}.]  [OF. 
  aisi['e],  F.  ais['e],  prop.  p.  p.  of  OF  aisier.  See  {Ease}, 
  v.  t.] 
  1.  At  ease;  free  from  pain,  trouble,  or  constraint;  as: 
  a  Free  from  pain,  distress,  toil,  exertion,  and  the 
  like  quiet;  as  the  patient  is  easy. 
  b  Free  from  care  responsibility,  discontent,  and  the 
  like  not  anxious;  tranquil;  as  an  easy  mind. 
  c  Free  from  constraint,  harshness,  or  formality; 
  unconstrained;  smooth;  as  easy  manners;  an  easy 
  style.  ``The  easy  vigor  of  a  line.''  --Pope. 
 
  2.  Not  causing,  or  attended  with  pain  or  disquiet,  or  much 
  exertion;  affording  ease  or  rest;  as  an  easy  carriage;  a 
  ship  having  an  easy  motion;  easy  movements,  as  in  dancing. 
  ``Easy  ways  to  die.''  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Not  difficult;  requiring  little  labor  or  effort;  slight; 
  inconsiderable;  as  an  easy  task;  an  easy  victory. 
 
  It  were  an  easy  leap.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Causing  ease;  giving  freedom  from  care  or  labor; 
  furnishing  comfort;  commodious;  as  easy  circumstances;  an 
  easy  chair  or  cushion. 
 
  5.  Not  making  resistance  or  showing  unwillingness;  tractable; 
  yielding;  complying;  ready. 
 
  He  gained  their  easy  hearts.  --Dryden. 
 
  He  is  too  tyrannical  to  be  an  easy  monarch.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  6.  Moderate;  sparing;  frugal.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  7.  (Com.)  Not  straitened  as  to  money  matters;  as  the  market 
  is  easy;  --  opposed  to  {tight}. 
 
  {Honors  are  easy}  (Card  Playing),  said  when  each  side  has  an 
  equal  number  of  honors,  in  which  case  they  are  not  counted 
  as  points. 
 
  Syn:  Quiet;  comfortable;  manageable;  tranquil;  calm;  facile; 
  unconcerned.




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