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Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- Con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Con*tent"ed*ness, n.

Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.

orld, we use the world's fashions. Sir W. Scott. But to converse with heaven -This is not easy. Wordsworth.

[Colloq.] A quarrel will end in one of you being turned off, in which case it will not be easy to cotton with another. Swift. Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion Sir W. Scott.

Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also cosey and cosy.]

Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

One who credits, believes, or trusts. The easy creditors of novelties. Daniel.

An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin. She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander.

exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods. The débouchés were ordered widened to afford easy egress. The Century.

Unconstrained; easy; free. Vanbrugh.

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.

Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Transl. of Lavoisier. A disengagement from earthly trammels. Sir W. Jones.

aised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.

One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.

ompletely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.] Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. Thackeray. -- To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do withal." Shak. -- To do without, to get along without; to dispense with. -- To have done, to have…

Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]