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Webster 1913 Edition


Easiness

Eas′i-ness

,
Noun.
1.
The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.
2.
Freedom from difficulty; ease;
as, the
easiness
of a task
.
3.
Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.
Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your
easiness
.
South.
4.
Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; – said of style, manner, etc.
With painful care, but seeming
easiness
.
Roscommon.
5.
Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

Webster 1828 Edition


Easiness

E'ASINESS

,
Noun.
Freedom from difficulty; ease.
Easiness and difficulty are relative terms.
1.
Flexibility; readiness to comply; prompt compliance; a yielding or disposition to yield without opposition or reluctance.
Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness.
So we say, a man's easiness of temper is remarkable.
2.
Freedom from stiffness, constraint, effort or formality; applied to manners or to the style of writing.
3.
Rest; tranquillity; ease; freedom from pain.
4.
Freedom from shaking or jolting,as of a moving vehicle.
5.
Softness; as the easiness of a seat.