easy

a. [ Compar. Easier superl. Easiest. ] [ OF. aisié, F. aisé, prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See Ease, v. t. ] 1. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as: (a) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. (b) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind. (c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. “The easy vigor of a line.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. “Easy ways to die.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory. [ 1913 Webster ]

It were an easy leap. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gained their easy hearts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Moderate; sparing; frugal. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honors are easy (Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points.

Syn. -- Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned. [ 1913 Webster ]