easy
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
easy/ˈiːzi/
▶adjective (easier, easiest)
- 1 achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
- 2 free from worry or problems: an easy life.
■ lacking anxiety or awkwardness.
- 3 vulnerable to attack or criticism: an easy target.
- 4 derogatory (of a woman) very receptive to sexual advances.
– phrases
easy touch another term for soft touch (see soft).
easy on the eye (or ear) informal pleasant to look at (or listen to).
go (or be) easy on informal refrain from being harsh with or critical of.
of easy virtue dated or humorous (of a woman) sexually promiscuous.
stand easy! Military used to instruct soldiers standing at ease that they may relax their attitude further.
take it easy make little effort; rest.
easy touch another term for soft touch (see soft).
easy on the eye (or ear) informal pleasant to look at (or listen to).
go (or be) easy on informal refrain from being harsh with or critical of.
of easy virtue dated or humorous (of a woman) sexually promiscuous.
stand easy! Military used to instruct soldiers standing at ease that they may relax their attitude further.
take it easy make little effort; rest.
– derivatives
easiness noun.
easiness noun.
'easy' also found in these Oxford entries:
accessible
- approachable
- Aunt Sally
- bed
- bludge
- born
- breeze
- buxom
- cakewalk
- canter
- cinch
- clear
- clear-cut
- clip-on
- coast
- cold
- complex
- confuse
- convenient
- cushy
- difficult
- doddle
- dodo
- dogtrot
- dolly
- doss
- duck soup
- easy chair
- easy-going
- easy listening
- easy money
- easy-peasy
- easy street
- facile
- facilitate
- faculty
- fluent
- forbid
- free
- gift
- gimme
- grade
- hand
- handsome
- hatchback
- intuitive
- jam
- kid
- laid-back
