"an easy job" "an easy problem" "an easy victory" "the house is easy to heat" "satisfied with easy answers" "took the easy way out of his dilemma"

"she was easily excited" "was easily confused" "he won easily" "this china breaks very easily" (`easy' is used informally for `easily' as in "success came too easy")

"an easy walk around the block" "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"

"knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy" "an easy good-natured manner" "by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words"

"an easy pat on the shoulder" "gentle rain" "a gentle breeze" "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"

"easy good looks"

"her easy grace" "a facile hand"

"an easy climb" "a gentle slope"

"soft light that was easy on the eyes"

"an easy mark" "an easy victim"

"an easy penalty"

"an easy teacher" "easy standards" "lenient rules"

"commodities are easy this quarter"

"they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards" "easy living" "a prosperous family" "his family is well-situated financially" "well-to-do members of the community"

"her easy virtue" "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women" "wanton behavior"

"just wanted to take it easy" (`soft' is nonstandard)

"he spoke slowly" "go easy here--the road is slippery" "glaciers move tardily" (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly' as in "please go slow I want to see the sights")

"they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards" "easy living" "a prosperous family" "his family is well-situated financially" "well-to-do members of the community"

"easy money"