| query | If you describe an action or activity as e___, you mean that it is done in a confident, relaxed way. If someone is easy about something, they feel relaxed and confident about it.If you describe an action or activity as easy, you mean that it is done in a confident, relaxed way. If someone is easy about something, they feel relaxed and confident about it. She is laughing and joking and making easy conversation with people she has never met before. He was an easy person to talk to. ...when you are both feeling a little easier about the break up of your relationship. They talked amiably and easily about a range of topics. |
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| word | easily |
| full-definition | adjective If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty or effort, because it is not complicated and causes no problems . The shower is easy to install. It's easy to get a seat at the best shows in town. This is not an easy task. The home is situated within easy access of shops and other facilities. Dress your child in layers of clothes you can remove easily. If you describe an action or activity as easy, you mean that it is done in a confident, relaxed way. If someone is easy about something, they feel relaxed and confident about it. She is laughing and joking and making easy conversation with people she has never met before. He was an easy person to talk to. ...when you are both feeling a little easier about the break up of your relationship. They talked amiably and easily about a range of topics. If you say that someone has an easy life, you mean that they live comfortably without any problems or worries . She has not had an easy life. If you say that something is easy or too easy, you are criticizing someone because they have done the most obvious or least difficult thing, and have not considered the situation carefully enough. That's easy for you to say. It was all too easy to believe it. You use easy in expressions such as easy on the ear or easy on the eye when you are describing things that are pleasant and that do not need much effort to be enjoyed or done. The music sounds like an advert–easy on the ear but bland and forgettable. The layout should be clear and easy on the eye. ...a low-impact form of aerobic exercise that's easy on the joints. If you describe someone or something as easy prey or as an easy target, you mean that they can easily be attacked or criticized. Tourists have become easy prey. Leaders are easy targets for critics, because they have visibility. |
| inflections | easiereasiesteasilyeasily |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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