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easy in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
    "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
    comfortable  easy  prosperous  well-fixed  well-heeled  well-off  well-situated  well-to-do 
  2. posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
    "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"
    easy 
  3. free from worry or anxiety
    "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words"
    easy 
  4. obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally
    "easy money"
    easy 
  5. less in demand and therefore readily obtainable
    "commodities are easy this quarter"
    easy 
  6. affording comfort
    "soft light that was easy on the eyes"
    easy 
  7. marked by moderate steepness
    "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"
    easy  gentle 
  8. readily exploited or tricked
    "an easy victim"; "an easy mark"
    easy 
  9. having little impact
    "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"
    easy  gentle  soft 
  10. affording pleasure
    "easy good looks"
    easy 
  11. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
    "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
    easy  light  loose  promiscuous  sluttish  wanton 
  12. not hurried or forced
    "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"
    easy  easygoing  leisurely 
adverb
  1. with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')
    "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; "success came too easy"
    easily  easy  easily  easy 
  2. in a relaxed manner; or without hardship
    "just wanted to take it easy" (`soft' is nonstandard)
    easy  soft  easy  soft 
  3. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
    "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"
    slowly  slow  easy  tardily  slowly  slow  easy  tardily 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University