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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ee-zee-ist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi zi ɪst

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Définition of easiest

Origin :
  • c.1200, "at ease," from Old French aisie "comfortable, at ease, rich, well-off" (Modern French aisé), past participle of aisier "to put at ease," from aise (see ease).
  • Sense of "not difficult to deal with" is mid-14c.; of conditions, "comfortable," late 14c. The concept of "not difficult" was expressed in Old English and early Middle English by eaþe (adv.), ieþe (adj.), apparently common West Germanic, but of disputed origin. Easy Street first printed 1901 in "Peck's Red-Headed Boy." Easy money attested by 1896; to take it easy "relax" is from 1867; easy does it recorded by 1891. Easy rider (1912) was U.S. black slang for "sexually satisfying lover." The easy listening radio format is from 1965, defined by William Safire (in 1986) as, "the music of the 60's played in the 80's with the style of the 40's." Related: Easier; easiest.
  • adj not difficult
  • adj leisurely, relaxed
  • adj tolerant, permissive
  • adj good-humored
Example sentences :
  • To Billy Brue was allotted the easiest as being the most probable route.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It's the easiest and quickest way out of the trouble for us, and the easiest and quickest way into trouble for them.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The easiest way to settle the question was to look at the date on the note.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • It was the easiest way, and, beyond all comparison, the properest.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The smokestack is probably one of the easiest things to produce.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • This is one of our most abundant mushrooms, and the easiest for the beginner to identify.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • I mean that God acts in the way which is simplest and easiest.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • This was, of course, in days gone by, the easiest and cheapest crop to produce.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • You,” she reminded him, “seemed anxious to go by the easiest one.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
  • It remains to cover it, and this is not the easiest part of the business.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay

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