Ēas'y, a.
(ēz'y̆), a. [compar. EASIER; superl. EASIEST.] [See EASE.]
Sense 1. At ease; free from pain, disgust, or constraint; as, (a.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. (b.) Free from care, sorrow, responsibility, discontent, and the like; tranquil; as, an easy mind. (c.) Free from constraint, harshness, stiffness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. “The easy vigor of a line.” Pope.
Sense 2. Not causing or attended with pain, exertion, or disquiet; affording rest; causing pleasurable sensations; as, an easy carriage; an easy ascent; a ship under easy sail, or having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. “Easy roads.” Shak.
Sense 3. Not difficult; not requiring labor; not calling for exertion; facile; as, an easy task; an easy victory. “It were an easy leap.” Shak.
Sense 4. Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.
Sense 5. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; yielding; complying; ready. “He gained their easy hearts.” Dryden.
He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. W. Scott.
Sense 6. (Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy.
Synonyms—Quiet; tranquil; secure; calm; facile; ready.