Meanings
plural easinesses
- uncountableusuallyLack of difficulty; quality of not being frustrating, difficult, or dense (compact).
- The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:
- uncountableusuallyFreedom from discomfort and worry: comfort.
- uncountableusuallyFreedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace.
- uncountableusuallyLack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence.
Custome hath made it in him a propertie of easines.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], line 68 - uncountableusuallyLack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity.
[…]Refraine night, And that shall lend a kind of easines To the next abstinence.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 153 - uncountableusuallyLack of harshness: gentleness, kindness.
- uncountableusuallyLack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity.
- uncountableusuallyState or quality of being promiscuous, of consenting readily to sex; sluttiness.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ῥᾳστώνη
- ῥᾳστώνη (rhāistṓnē)the quality of being easy
Arabic سُهُولَة
- سُهُولَة (suhūla)the quality of being easy
Bulgarian лекота, леснина
- лекота (lekota)the quality of being easy
- леснина (lesnina)the quality of being easy
Danish lethed, enkelhed
- lethedthe quality of being easy
- enkelhedthe quality of being easy
Dutch gemakkelijkheid
- gemakkelijkheidthe quality of being easy
Esperanto facileco
- facilecothe quality of being easy
Finnish helppous
- helppousthe quality of being easy
French facilité, simplicité
- facilitéthe quality of being easy
- simplicitéthe quality of being easy
German Leichtigkeit
- Leichtigkeitthe quality of being easy
Hindi सरलता, सहजता
- सरलता (saraltā)the quality of being easy
- सहजता (sahajtā)the quality of being easy
- सुगमता (sugamtā)the quality of being easy
Italian facilità, semplicità
- facilitàthe quality of being easy
- semplicitàthe quality of being easy
Malay kesenangan, kemudahan
- kesenanganthe quality of being easy
- kemudahanthe quality of being easy
Polish łatwość
- łatwośćthe quality of being easy
Russian лёгкость
- лёгкость (ljóxkostʹ)the quality of being easy
Spanish facilidad
- facilidadthe quality of being easy
Turkish kolaylık
- kolaylıkthe quality of being easy
Cite this entry
easiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easiness
“easiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easiness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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