different between easy vs satisfactory
easy
English
Alternative forms
- aisy (dialectal, archaic)
- easie (obsolete)
- eazy (eye dialect)
- EZ (abbreviation, US, informal)
Etymology
From Middle English eesy, esy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease +? -y, and partly from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English ?eþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Compare also Old Saxon ?þi, Old High German ?di, Old Norse auðr, all meaning "easy, vacant, empty." More at ease, eath.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i?zi/, /?i?z?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?izi/
- Rhymes: -i?zi
Adjective
easy (comparative easier or more easy, superlative easiest or most easy)
- (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease.
- Requiring little skill or effort.
- Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
- Rich people live in easy circumstances.
- an easy chair
- Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
- easy manners; an easy style
- (informal, derogatory, of a woman) Consenting readily to sex.
- Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
- He gain'd their easy hearts.
- (finance, dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
- The market is easy.
Synonyms
- (comfortable): relaxed, relaxing
- (not difficult): light, eath
- (consenting readily to sex): fast
- (requiring little skill or effort): soft, trivial
- See also Thesaurus:easy
Antonyms
- (comfortable, at ease): uneasy, anxious
- (requiring little skill or effort): difficult, hard, uneasy, uneath, challenging
Derived terms
Related terms
- ease
Descendants
- ? Faroese: isi
- ? Finnish: iisi
Translations
Adverb
easy (comparative easier, superlative easiest)
- In a relaxed or casual manner.
- In a manner without strictness or harshness.
- Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
- Not difficult, not hard. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- breathe easy
Noun
easy (plural easies)
- Something that is easy
Verb
easy (third-person singular simple present easies, present participle easying, simple past and past participle easied)
- (rowing) Synonym of easy-oar
Anagrams
- Ayes, Saye, Seay, ayes, eyas, saye, yaes, yeas
Middle English
Adjective
easy
- Alternative form of esy
Adverb
easy
- Alternative form of esy
easy From the web:
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- what easy to make for dinner
- what easy dessert can i make
- what easy jobs make the most money
- what easy business can i start
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- what easy jobs make a lot of money
- what easy jobs pay the most
satisfactory
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfact?rius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaci?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæt?s?fækt(?)?i/
- Rhymes: -ækt??i
Adjective
satisfactory (comparative more satisfactory, superlative most satisfactory)
- Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
- The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.
- Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
- (theology) Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
Usage notes
Although structurally similar (both being derived from satisfy and describing that which produces satisfaction), satisfactory (def. 1) and satisfying differ in connotation. Satisfactory connotes "adequate, conforming to standards," while satisfying connotes "pleasing, or sufficient to remove any feeling of lack." An answer to a question or the outcome of a situation, for example, could be satisfactory without being satisfying, if it met the requirements but left one wanting more.
Derived terms
- satisfactorily (adv)
- unsatisfactory (adj)
Related terms
- satisfaction (n)
- satisfied (adj)
Translations
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- what's satisfactory condition mean
- what satisfactory quality
- what's satisfactory in spanish
- satisfactory what to do with nuclear waste
- satisfactory what to do with heavy oil residue
- satisfactory what to do after tier 7
- satisfactory what is the goal
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