easy

== English == === Alternative forms === aisy (dialectal, archaic) easie (obsolete) eazy (eye dialect) EZ (abbreviation, US, informal) === Etymology === From Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease +‎ -y, and partly from Anglo-Norman eisé from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Compare also Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi, Old Norse auðr, auð-, Icelandic auð (adverb), auð-, all meaning "easy." More at ease, eath. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈiː.zi/, /ˈiː.zɪ/, [ˈɪi.zɪ] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈi.zi/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈiː.zi/, [ˈɪi.zi], [ˈɪ̈i.zɪ] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈiː.zi/ Rhymes: -iːzi === Adjective === easy (comparative easier or more easy, superlative easiest or most easy) (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease. Requiring little skill or effort. Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour. Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth. (informal, derogatory, usually of a woman or girl) Consenting readily to sex. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant. (finance, dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight. ==== Synonyms ==== (comfortable): relaxed, relaxing (not difficult): light, eath (consenting readily to sex): fast (requiring little skill or effort): soft, trivial, facile See also Thesaurus:easy ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “comfortable, at ease”): uneasy, anxious (antonym(s) of “requiring little skill or effort”): difficult, hard, uneasy, uneath, challenging ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ease ==== Descendants ==== → Faroese: isi → Finnish: iisi ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === easy (comparative easier, superlative easiest) In a relaxed or casual manner. In a manner without strictness or harshness; gently; softly. Handily; at the very least. ==== Derived terms ==== breathe easy sleep easy ==== Translations ==== === Noun === easy (plural easies) Something that is easy. === Verb === easy (third-person singular simple present easies, present participle easying, simple past and past participle easied) (rowing) Synonym of easy-oar. === Interjection === easy (informal) To request deintensification or a halt. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Ayes, Saye, Seay, ayes, eyas, saye, yaes, yeas == Middle English == === Adjective === easy alternative form of esy === Adverb === easy alternative form of esy