Easiness
['iːzɪnɪs] or ['izɪnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being easy in behavior or style; 'there was an easiness between them'; 'a natural easiness of manner'.
(noun.) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; 'the easiness we feel when sleeping'.
Inputed by Alisa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.
(n.) Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.
(n.) Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.
(n.) Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.
(n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.
Edited by Kathleen
Examples
- The profits of stock seem to be very little affected by the easiness or difficulty of learning the trade in which it is employed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Secondly, the wages of labour vary with the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense, of learning the business. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The extent and easiness of this inland navigation was probably one of the principal causes of the early improvement of Egypt. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Willard