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Etymology 1
From Middle English esy (“not difficult to deal with, easy”), corresponding to ease + -y. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“not difficult, easy”), from Old English ēaþe, īeþe (“easy, smooth, not difficult”), from Proto-Germanic *auþaz, *auþijaz (“easy, pleasing”), from *auþiz (“vacant, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Compare also Old Saxon ōþi (“easy, vacant, empty”), Old High German ōdi (“easy, effortless, vacant, empty”), Old Norse auðr (“easy, vacant, empty”). More at ease, eath.
Adjective
easy (comparative easier, superlative easiest)
- Requiring little skill or effort, soft.
- The teacher gave an easy test to her students.
- (informal, pejorative, of a person) Consenting readily to sex.
- She has a reputation for being easy; they say she's slept with half the senior class.
Synonyms
- (not difficult): light, eath
- (consenting readily to sex): fast
- (requiring little skill or effort): soft, trivial
- See also Wikisaurus:easy
Antonyms
- (requiring little skill or effort): difficult, hard, uneasy, uneath, challenging
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requiring little skill or effort
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Etymology 2
From Middle English esy, aisie (“eased, at ease, at leisure, comfortable”), from Old French aisie (“eased, at ease, at leisure, comfortable, well-off, rich”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease.
Adjective
easy (comparative easier, superlative easiest)
- (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease.
- In the middle of the room was a fluffy easy chair.
- Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
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comfortable — see comfortable- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
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