easiness
English
Etymology
Noun
easiness (usually uncountable, plural easinesses)
- The state or quality of being easy in its various senses, particularly:
- Freedom from discomfort and worry: comfort.
- Freedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace.
- Lack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence.
- Lack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv, l. 153:
- Lack of harshness: gentleness, kindness.
- Lack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity.
Translations
the quality of being easy
References
- Oxford English Dictionary. "easiness, n."