📒 not difficult; done or obtained without a lot of effort or problems
- an easy way to make bread
- Reaching the summit is no easy task.
- an easy win/victory
📒 comfortable, relaxed and not worried
- He has not had an easy life.
- I don't feel easy about letting the kids go out alone.
- Things are getting easier for us.
📒 open to attack; not able to defend yourself
- She's an easy target for their criticisms.
- The baby fish are easy prey for birds.
📒 pleasant and friendly
- He had an easy manner.
- His easy charm soon won her over.
📒 an offensive way to describe somebody, most often a woman, who you disapprove of because you think they are willing to have sex with many different people
📒 very easy or very easily
- The whole procedure is as easy as ABC.
- Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log.
📒 a person that you can easily persuade to do something, especially to give you money
- Unfortunately, my father is no easy touch.
📒 a person who seems easy to defeat or cheat
- Rogue traders saw elderly people as easy meat for overcharging.
📒 money that you get without having to work very hard for it
📒 pleasant to listen to or look at
- The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye.
📒 a choice that is thought to be easier because it involves less effort, difficulty, etc.
- They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as an easy option.
- He decided to take the easy option and give them what they wanted.
📒 informal; relaxed
- Life was never going to be so free and easy again.
📒 to not experience difficulties when you are doing something; to make things easy for somebody
- He was not given an altogether easy ride at the interview.
📒 to have no difficulties or problems
- He’s had an easy time of it since he married Lucy.
📒 used to say that you do not have a strong opinion when somebody has offered you a choice
- ‘Do you want to watch this or the news?’ ‘Oh, I'm easy. It's up to you.’
📒 willing to have sex with anyone
📒 enjoying a comfortable way of life with plenty of money
📒 to end a difficult situation by choosing the simplest solution even if it is not the best one
- He took the easy way out and didn’t go to the meeting.
- She took the easy way out and paid someone to write the article for her.
📒 close to something
- The house is within easy reach of schools and sports facilities.
- Verona and Padua are both within easy reach for day trips.
- a holiday town within reach of Marseilles