Easiness

Easiness
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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