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Entry 7 senses Webster, 1913

Easy

/ēz'-ē/ · Eas·y · IPA /ˈi.zi/
01 a. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint
  1. 1.
    At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint
  2. 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.
  3. 3.
    Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.
    “It were an easy leap.” Shak.
  4. 4.
    Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.
  5. 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. 6.
    Moderate; sparing; frugal.[Obs.]
  7. 7.
    Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.(Com.)
Phrases & compounds
Honors are easy — said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points.