easiness

easiness
noun
1. a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
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the easiness we feel when sleeping

• Syn: ↑relaxation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑relax (for: ↑relaxation), ↑easy
• Hypernyms: ↑tranquillity, ↑tranquility, ↑quietness, ↑quietude
• Hyponyms: ↑languor, ↑dreaminess
2. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
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he rose through the ranks with apparent ease

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they put it into containers for ease of transportation

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the very easiness of the deed held her back

• Syn: ↑ease, ↑simplicity, ↑simpleness
• Ant: ↑difficulty (for: ↑ease)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑simple (for: ↑simpleness), ↑simple (for: ↑simplicity), ↑easy
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms: ↑effortlessness
• Attrubites: ↑easy
3. the quality of being easy in behavior or style
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there was an easiness between them

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a natural easiness of manner

• Hypernyms: ↑behavior, ↑behaviour, ↑conduct, ↑doings

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