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easy in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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
- 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
- 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
- obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally
"easy money"
easy
- less in demand and therefore readily obtainable
"commodities are easy this quarter"
easy
- affording comfort
"soft light that was easy on the eyes"
easy
- marked by moderate steepness
"an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"
easy gentle
- readily exploited or tricked
"an easy victim"; "an easy mark"
easy
- 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
- affording pleasure
"easy good looks"
easy
- 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
- not hurried or forced
"an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"
easy easygoing leisurely
adverb- 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
- in a relaxed manner; or without hardship
"just wanted to take it easy" (`soft' is nonstandard)
easy soft easy soft
- 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