Relaxed in attitude; easygoing: an easy disposition.
Not strict or severe; lenient: an easy teacher; easy standards.
Not hurried or forced; moderate: an easy pace; an easy walk around the block.
Light; gentle: an easy tap on the shoulder.
Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable: Commodities are easier this quarter.
Plentiful and therefore at low interest rates: easy money.
Causing little hardship or distress: an easy penalty; a habit that isn't easy to give up.
Socially at ease: an easy, good-natured manner.
Relaxed in attitude; easygoing: an easy disposition.
Not strict or severe; lenient: an easy teacher; easy standards.
Not hurried or forced; moderate: an easy pace; an easy walk around the block.
Light; gentle: an easy tap on the shoulder.
Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable: Commodities are easier this quarter.
Plentiful and therefore at low interest rates: easy money.
Readily exploited, imposed on, or tricked: an easy mark; an easy victim.
Not hurried or forced; moderate: an easy pace; an easy walk around the block.
Light; gentle: an easy tap on the shoulder.
Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable: Commodities are easier this quarter.
Plentiful and therefore at low interest rates: easy money.
Not steep or abrupt; gradual: an easy climb.
Economics
Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable: Commodities are easier this quarter.
Plentiful and therefore at low interest rates: easy money.
Promiscuous; loose.
adv.
Without haste or agitation: Relax and take it easy for a while.
With little effort; easily: success that came too easy.
In a restrained or moderate manner: Go easy on the butter.
Without much hardship or cost: got off easy with only a small fine.
[Middle English esi, from Old French aaisie, past participle of aaisier, to put at ease : a-, to (from Latin ad-, ad-) + aise, ease; see ease.] eas'i·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean requiring little effort or posing little if any difficulty. Easy applies to tasks that require little effort: "The diagnosis of disease is often easy, often difficult, and often impossible" (Peter M. Latham). Simple implies a lack of complexity that facilitates understanding or performance: "the faculty ... of reducing his thought on any subject to the simplest and plainest terms possible" (Baron Charnwood). Facile stresses readiness and fluency: a facile speaker. Often, though, the word implies glibness or insincerity, superficiality, or lack of care: an explanation too facile for complex events. Effortless refers to performance in which the application of great strength or skill makes the execution seem easy: wrote effortless prose.