Easy \Eas"y\, a. [Compar. Easier; superl. Easiest.] [OF.
   aisi['e], F. ais['e], 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]