free-and-easy
- adjective
- /friː ənd ˈiːzi/
- Informal
- If you're looking for a free and easy way to continue your exploration of the beautiful and bizarre within the world of math, we'd recommend brilliant.org.
- so free-and-easy
- very free-and-easy
Examples
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Joining New America is free and easy, and ensures that you'll never miss our latest news and event invitations.
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So if you're looking for a free and easy way to do just that, then check out this video sponsor brilliant.org.
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But then I'll be back in action, free and easy.
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It's completely free and easy to install and you really have nothing to lose.
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It's free and easy to use, recommended by the Wall Street Journal, and chosen by Apple as the best health app of the year.
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It had been some time since their conversation had been so free and easy.
Fiction book (1990) -
"He's a really good horse and likes to run free and easy," Rosario said.
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Scarlett had always envied the Tarleton girls their free-and-easy ways with their mother.
Fiction book (1991) -
The internet highway should be as accessible as our interstate highways are—free and easy.
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At the party, everyone was feeling free and easy as they danced without a care in the world.
Synonyms
Calm and relaxed, not harsh
Informal and relaxed, not serious
Not formal or official, relaxed and casual
Being calm and relaxed and not easily upset
Simple and relaxed, not difficult or serious
Having a calm, relaxed, and graceful way of moving or acting
Casual and friendly so people feel comfortable
Antonyms
How Relaxed
- Informal
- Formal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Free-and-easy comes from putting together two simple words: free meaning 'not controlled' and easy meaning 'without effort or worry'. So, free-and-easy describes someone relaxed and informal, like a guest at a party who moves and talks without strict rules.