June 6, 2012 - Word of the Day

easy

The opposite of the word "difficult" is "easy." If something is easy, it's not hard.

• The test we took yesterday was easy. Everyone did well on it.
• Do you know an easy way to get to the airport?
• There are no easy answers to this problem.
• English isn't an easy language to learn.

The word "easy" shows up in many expressions:

• Take it easy. (Goodbye.)
• After George's heart attack, his doctor told him to start taking it easy. (take it easy = relax)
• Take it nice and easy. (Go slowly.)
• This car is easy on gas. (It gets good gas mileage.)
• She's easy on the eyes. (She beautiful.)
• The judge went easy on the man who was found guilty of theft. He only got a few months in prison. (go easy = give a light punishment.)
• Go easy on the salt. (Don't use too much.)
• They're living on easy street. (They're rich.)
• You should get into this. It's easy money. (It's easy to make money doing this work.)

The adverb form of this word is "easily."

• They easily completed their work in two hours.
• Our team easily beat the other team in the soccer match.

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