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Added 1 October 2026

easy

/ˈiːzi/ adjective

In Latin: facilis Wiktionary

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Comfortable; at ease.
Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
Requiring little skill or effort.
It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.
Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
Rich people live in easy circumstances, that is, the easy life.

adverb

In a relaxed or casual manner.
After his illness, John decided to take it easy.
In a manner without strictness or harshness; gently; softly.
Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.
Handily; at the very least.
This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.

noun

Something that is easy.

verb

Synonym of easy-oar.

Origin

From Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease + -y, and partly from Anglo-Norman eisé from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Compare also Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi, Old Norse auðr, auð-, Icelandic auð (adverb), auð-, all meaning "easy." More at ease, eath.

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