Easiness

//ˈiːzɪnəs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of difficulty; quality of not being frustrating, difficult, or dense (compact). uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the quality of being easy in behavior or style wordnet
  3. 3
    Looseness or pliancy, often derogatory uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort wordnet
  5. 5
    The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:; Freedom from discomfort and worry: comfort. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry wordnet
  2. 7
    The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:; Freedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace. uncountable, usually
  3. 8
    The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:; Lack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence. uncountable, usually

    "Custome hath made it in him a propertie of easines."

  4. 9
    The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:; Lack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity. uncountable, usually

    "[…]Refraine night, And that shall lend a kind of easines To the next abstinence."

  5. 10
    The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:; Lack of harshness: gentleness, kindness. uncountable, usually
  6. 11
    The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:; Lack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity. uncountable, usually
  7. 12
    The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:; State or quality of being promiscuous, of consenting readily to sex; sluttiness. uncountable, usually

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abandonacceptanceaplombcarelessnesscharityclarity

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"Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers."

Etymology

From easy + -ness.

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