Betekenis van easy In het Nederlands

• 0 needing little effort:

  • an easy exam

  • Would a ten o'clock appointment be easier for you?

  • [ + to infinitive ] It's easy to see why he's so popular.

  • She's very easy to talk to.

  • The easiest thing to do would be for us to take the train home.

  • It isn't easy being a parent.

  • Getting into the movie business is no easy matter.

  • I don't trust that easy (= relaxed) charm of his.

  • informal My car can do 250 kph, easy.

• 1 comfortable or calm; free from worry, pain, etc.:

  • They both retired and went off to lead an easy life in the Bahamas.

  • I don't feel easy about leaving him alone in the house all day.

  • With the harvest finished, I was able to relax with an easy mind/conscience.

• 2 needing little effort; not difficult:

  • She looked through the test trying to find an easy question.

  • Would a 10 a.m. appointment be easier for you?

  • [ + to infinitive ] She is very easy to talk to.

  • Let’s run the last two miles at an easy (= not fast) pace.

• 3 free from worry, pain, or trouble; comfortable or calm:

  • With three children to support, her life has been far from easy.

  • I don’t feel easy about leaving him alone in the house all day.

• 4 to be lower in price at the end of a period of time:

  • Tokyo stocks closed easier on profit-taking.

• 5 having a lot of money and living comfortably:

  • You'd think a windfall that large would put Smith on easy street.