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What (who) is easy - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Easy (album); EZ in bed; Easy (disambiguation); Easiness; Easy (song); EASY
easy
¦ adjective (easier, easiest)
1. achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
2. free from worry or problems: an easy life.
lacking anxiety or awkwardness.
3. vulnerable to attack or criticism: an easy target.
4. derogatory (of a woman) very receptive to sexual advances.
¦ exclamation be careful!
Phrases
easy touch another term for soft touch (see soft).
easy on the eye (or ear) informal pleasant to look at (or listen to).
go (or be) easy on informal refrain from being harsh with or critical of.
of easy virtue dated or humorous (of a woman) sexually promiscuous.
stand easy! Military used to instruct soldiers standing at ease that they may relax their attitude further.
take it easy make little effort; rest.
Derivatives
easiness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. aisie, past participle of aisier (see ease).
easy
adj.
not difficult
1) easy for (that job was easy for her)
lenient
2) (cannot stand alone) easy on (you are too easy on the children; go easy on him: he's been sick)
showing moderation
3) (cannot stand alone) easy on (go easy on the hot peppers)
not difficult
4) (cannot stand alone) easy to + inf. (this book is easy to translate = it is easy to translate this book = this is an easy book to translate; Bob is easy to please = it is easy to please Bob; it is not easy to be a parent = it is not easy being a parent; it is easy for you to say that)
easy
(easier, easiest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty or effort, because it is not complicated and causes no problems.
The shower is easy to install...
This is not an easy task...
= simple
? difficult
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, ADJ to-inf
• easily
Dress your child in layers of clothes you can remove easily.
= simply
ADV: usu ADV with v
2.
If you describe an action or activity as easy, you mean that it is done in a confident, relaxed way. If someone is easy about something, they feel relaxed and confident about it.
He was an easy person to talk to.
...when you are both feeling a little easier about the break up of your relationship.
ADJ: oft ADJ about n
• easily
They talked amiably and easily about a range of topics.
ADV: ADV with v
3.
If you say that someone has an easy life, you mean that they live comfortably without any problems or worries.
She has not had an easy life.
? hard
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
If you say that something is easy or too easy, you are criticizing someone because they have done the most obvious or least difficult thing, and have not considered the situation carefully enough.
That's easy for you to say...
It was all too easy to believe it.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, ADJ to-inf [disapproval]
5.
If you describe someone or something as easy prey or as an easy target, you mean that they can easily be attacked or criticized.
Tourists have become easy prey...
The World Bank, with its poor environmental record, is an easy target for blame.
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it. (INFORMAL)
Go easy on the alcohol.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
7.
If you tell someone to go easy on, or be easy on, a particular person, you are telling them not to punish or treat that person very severely. (INFORMAL)
'Go easy on him,' Sam repeated, opening the door...
PHRASE: V and ADJ inflect, PHR n
8.
If someone tells you to take it easy or take things easy, they mean that you should relax and not do very much at all. (INFORMAL)
It is best to take things easy for a week or two.
PHRASE: V and ADJ inflect
9.
see also easily
Examples of use of easy
1. It‘s easy to change reservations, easy to board planes, easy to cash in award tickets, and, most importantly, Southwest is easy to fly.
2. They‘re easy on gas –– and easy on your wallet, too.
3. "There are no easy questions or easy answers here.
4. His plays are not easy to perform and none can have been easy to write.
5. He‘s surprisingly easy to get on with, easy to talk to and extremely personable.