free and easy

1. Casual, relaxed, as in His style of writing is free and easy . In the 1930s and 1940s this phrase gained currency as part of a slogan for a brand of cigarettes, which were said to be “free and easy” to inhale. [c. 1700]

2. Careless, sloppy, morally lax, as in This administration was free and easy with the taxpayers' money , or These girls hate to be considered free and easy . [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

From backless tees to side-less dresses, the capsule range seems to be filled with free-and-easy items.

From The Daily Beast

As for Tommy, he went off in a free-and-easy sort of way, without any definite designs, in search of adventures.

From Project Gutenberg

Of all the free-and-easy young women I had ever met with, that same Lizzie was the freest and easiest.

From Project Gutenberg

They were accustomed to meet in shirt-sleeves—free-and-easy fashion which I would not stand.

From Project Gutenberg

She was her usual sharp, free-and-easy self, and she had a keen little air of success.

From Project Gutenberg

The man himself followed his legs, and, alighting thereon, saluted Captain Dan with a free-and-easy “Good-morning.”

From Project Gutenberg