easiness
noun/ˈiːzɪnəs/
Etymology From easy + -ness.
9 senses
- 1Lack of difficulty; quality of not being frustrating…
- 2Looseness or pliancy, often derogatory
- 3Freedom from discomfort and worry: comfort.
- 4Freedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace.
- 5Lack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence.
- 6Lack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity.
- 7Lack of harshness: gentleness, kindness.
- 8Lack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity.
- 9State or quality of being promiscuous, of consenting…
1
Usually Lack of difficulty; quality of not being frustrating, difficult, or dense (compact).
2
Usually Looseness or pliancy, often derogatory
› The state or quality of being easy (in…
3
Usually Freedom from discomfort and worry: comfort.
4
Usually Freedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace.
5
Usually Lack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence.
- Custome hath made it in him a propertie of easines.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], line 68:
6
Usually Lack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity.
- […]Refraine night, And that shall lend a kind of easines To the next abstinence.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 153:
7
Usually Lack of harshness: gentleness, kindness.
8
Usually Lack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity.
9
Usually State or quality of being promiscuous, of consenting readily to sex; sluttiness.