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Definition: EASY-GOING

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.[Websters]
2. Being soft, tender or limp. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being carefree or light-hearted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being indulgent or permissive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being tolerant or lenient. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being slack, lax or loose. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being tranquil, quiet, peaceful, peaceable or restful. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being amiable, complaisant or affable. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being complacent, sedate, calm or imperturbable. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb easy-goingly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(easy-goingly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective easy-going.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Easy-going" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)

Definition: EASY-GOING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.[Websters]
2. Being soft, tender or limp. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being carefree or light-hearted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being indulgent or permissive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being tolerant or lenient. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being slack, lax or loose. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being tranquil, quiet, peaceful, peaceable or restful. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being amiable, complaisant or affable. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being complacent, sedate, calm or imperturbable. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb easy-goingly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(easy-goingly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective easy-going.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EASY-GOING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)