easiness

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easiness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Easiness \Eas"i*ness\, n.
     1. The state or condition of being easy; freedom from
        distress; rest.
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     2. Freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the easiness of a task.
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     3. Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield
        without opposition; unconcernedness.
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              Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your
              easiness.                             --South.
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     4. Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of
        style, manner, etc.
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              With painful care, but seeming easiness.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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     5. Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.
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easiness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  easiness
      n 1: a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of
           tension or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping"
           [syn: easiness, relaxation]
      2: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose
         through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into
         containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of
         the deed held her back" [syn: ease, easiness,
         simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness,
         difficulty]
      3: the quality of being easy in behavior or style; "there was an
         easiness between them"; "a natural easiness of manner"