Meaning of Ease | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
   uncountable
2. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness
   uncountable
3. Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
   uncountable
4. Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
   uncountable
5. Freedom from effort; leisure, rest.
   uncountable
6. Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
   uncountable
7. Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
   uncountable
8. Relief, an end to discomfort
   uncountable
9. Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
   uncountable
10. Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.
    euphemistic, obsolete, uncountable
11. Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
    uncountable
12. Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
    uncountable
13. A convenience; a luxury.
    obsolete, uncountable
14. A relief; an easement.
    obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He played the ukelele with ease.”

“The ease of lifting the weight, despite lack of skill, came from her pure strength.”

“Her young boy lifted a weight with ease too, as that one wasn't too heavy”

“The ease with which she passed all the exams surprised her.”

“She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.”

“The pension set her mind at ease.”

“There is ease in the soul of Slid and there be calms upon the sea; also, there be storms upon the sea and troubles in the soul of Slid, for the gods have many moods.”

“We took our ease on the patio.”

“His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.”

“She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease.”

“Take one pill every 12 hours to provide ease from pain.”

“At ease, soldier!”

“Add some ease to the waist measurement.”

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