easy
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
How often you will meet it
Rank 673 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,351 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- posing no difficulty; requiring little effort an easy joban easy problem
- not hurried or forced also: easygoing, leisurely an easy walk around the blockat a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
- free from worry or anxiety knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easyan easy good-natured manner
- affording pleasure easy good looks
- having little impact also: gentle, soft an easy pat on the shouldergentle rain
- readily exploited or tricked an easy victiman easy mark
easy 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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Already the sculptor Life was chiselling away the easy curves with the tool of responsibility.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The system is really wonderfully easy, and, with proper instruction, a child could do it.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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It was easy to see the old man was scared, just as his niece says he was last night.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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And now easing my mind a little by these reflections, I began to render my life as easy as possible.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Fagging at Harrow--which varies slightly in different houses--is hard or easy according to the taste and fancy of the fag's master.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1