ease
move gently or carefully
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,533 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,956 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- move gently or carefully He eased himself into the chair
- lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate also: comfort ease the pain in your legs
- make easier also: facilitate, alleviate you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
- lessen the intensity of or calm also: still, allay, relieve The news eased my consciencestill the fears
noun
- freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort also: easiness, simplicity, simpleness he rose through the ranks with apparent easethey put it into containers for ease of transportation
- a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state also: comfort a life of luxury and easehe had all the material comforts of this world
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) also: relief he enjoyed his relief from responsibilitygetting it off his conscience gave him some ease
- freedom from constraint or embarrassment also: informality I am never at ease with strangers
ease in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They can sit at their ease and gape at the play.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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For I was taught in Paradise To ease my breast of melodies-- Shed no tear.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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She lived at ease however in those days—ease is exactly the word, though she produced three novels a year.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1
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But here we rest at perfect ease, For should they swear the moon was cheese, We never should dispute them.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1
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It whispered of an elevation before unaspired to; of ease and plenty her simple heart had never dreamed of as hers.
Our Nig · Harriet E. Wilson · Chapter 1