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<hw>Ease"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without ease.</def>

<i>Donne.</i>

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<hw>Ease"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aisement</ets>. See <er>Ease</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.</def>

<blockquote>In need of every kind of relief and <b>easement</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls <i>servitude</i>.</def>

<i>Kent.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.</def>

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<hw>Eas"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Easy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>With ease; without difficulty or much effort; <as>as, this task may be <ex>easily</ex> performed; that event might have been <ex>easily</ex> foreseen.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; <as>as, to pass life well and <ex>easily</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Readily; without reluctance; willingly.</def>

<blockquote>Not soon provoked, she <b>easily</b> forgives. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without <?/umult or discord.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; <as>as, a carriage moves <ex>easily</ex></as>.</def>

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<hw>Eas"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the <i>easiness</i> of a task.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.</def>

<blockquote>Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your <b>easiness</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.</def>

<blockquote>With painful care, but seeming <b>easiness</b>. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.</def>

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