easiness

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry“the easiness we feel when sleeping”Synonyms: relaxation
  2. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort“he rose through the ranks with apparent ease”“they put it into containers for ease of transportation”“the very easiness of the deed held her back”Synonyms: easesimplicitysimpleness
  3. the quality of being easy in behavior or style“there was an easiness between them”“a natural easiness of manner”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Easiness \Eas"i*ness\, n.

1.The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest. [1913 Webster]

2.Freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the easiness of a task. [1913 Webster]

3.Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness. [1913 Webster]

Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness.— South.[1913 Webster]

4.Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc. [1913 Webster]

With painful care, but seeming easiness.— Roscommon.[1913 Webster]

5.Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining. [1913 Webster]

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