The difference between Easy and Uneasy
When used as adjectives, easy means comfortable, whereas uneasy means not easy.
Easy is also noun with the meaning: something that is easy.
Easy is also adverb with the meaning: in a relaxed or casual manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Easy and Uneasy
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Easy as an adjective (now, rare, _, except in certain expressions):
Comfortable; at ease.
Examples:
"Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night."
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Easy as an adjective:
Requiring little skill or effort.
Examples:
"It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up."
"The teacher gave an easy test to her students."
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Easy as an adjective:
Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
Examples:
"Rich people live in easy circumstances."
"an easy chair"
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Easy as an adjective:
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
Examples:
"easy manners; an easy style"
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Easy as an adjective (informal, pejorative, of a person):
Consenting readily to sex.
Examples:
"He has a reputation for being easy; they say he slept with half the senior class."
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Easy as an adjective:
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
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Easy as an adjective (finance, dated):
Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to .
Examples:
"The market is easy."
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Easy as an adverb:
In a relaxed or casual manner.
Examples:
"After his illness, John decided to [[take it easy take it easy]]."
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Easy as an adverb:
In a manner without strictness or harshness.
Examples:
"Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm."
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Easy as an adverb:
Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
Examples:
"This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy."
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Easy as an adverb:
Not difficult, not hard.
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Easy as a noun:
Something that is easy
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Easy as a verb (rowing):
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Uneasy as an adjective (rare):
Not easy; difficult.
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Uneasy as an adjective:
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
Examples:
"I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?"
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Uneasy as an adjective:
Not easy in manner; constrained
Examples:
"synonyms: stiff awkward ungraceful"
"He was behaving in an uneasy way."
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Uneasy as an adjective:
Causing discomfort or constraint