easiness
Americannoun
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the quality or condition of being easy to accomplish, do, obtain, etc
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ease or relaxation of manner; nonchalance
Etymology
Origin of easiness
First recorded in 1350–1400, easiness is from the Middle English word esinesse. See easy, -ness
Example Sentences
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“I had to go quite fast, but I needed to have this very high-standard, delicate easiness, which seems easy to say but is not easy. And I wanted to have the same rhythm as Richard.”
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023
In many of his movies he’s making your heart feel all these emotions, and then in the second moment he makes you laugh with an easiness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022
“She loved the American sense of style and the easiness of it,” Moran says.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022
“You’re polished when you’re away on vacation and then you have a sense of easiness when you’re in this city,” Kors said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022
On the other side of the wood, the sense of easiness dissolved.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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