easiness
English
Noun
easiness (usually uncountable, plural easinesses)
- The state or quality of being easy in its various senses, particularly:
- Freedom from discomfort and worry: comfort.
- Freedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace.
- Lack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene i, l. 68:
- Lack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv, l. 153:
- Lack of harshness: gentleness, kindness.
- Lack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity.
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References
- Oxford English Dictionary. "easiness, n."
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