Eas"y (ēz"?), a.
[Compar. Easier (-ĭ*ẽr);
superl. Easiest.] [OF. aisié,
F. aisé, 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.