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easy

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1. easy - Noun

2. easy - Adjective

3. easy - Verb

4. easy - Adverb

5. easy - Adjective Satellite

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At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.

Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.

Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.

Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.

Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

Moderate; sparing; frugal.

Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy. Laozi

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity. (15) Epicurus

One should not say that it is impossible to reach a virtuous life; but one should say that it is not easy. Nor do those who have reached it find it easy to maintain. Anthony the Great

Beginning is easy – Continuing is hard. Japanese Proverb

A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman. American Proverb

It's easy to promise, but hard to give. Bulgarian Proverb

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