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Definition of Easygoing

1. Adjective. Not hurried or forced. "At a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"

2. Adjective. Not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship. "A soft job"

3. Adjective. Relaxed and informal in attitude or standards. "An easygoing teacher who allowed extra time for assignments"

Definition of Easygoing

1. a. Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.

Definition of Easygoing

1. Adjective. (context: of a person) calm, relaxed, casual and informal ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a journey or pace) unhurried ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Easygoing

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Easygoing

easy chair easy come, easy go easy does it easy going easy lay easy listening easy mark easy meat easy money easy on the eye

easy on the eyes easy peasy easy peasy lemon squeezy easy street easy target easygoing (current term) easygoingness easygoingnesses easyish eat, breathe, and sleep

eat-in eat at eat away eat crow eat for two eat from someone's hand eat humble pie eat in eat into

Literary usage of Easygoing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells (1910)
"I suppose I am a little too easygoing at times." " Yes, that is it. One can't say dull ; but too easygoing. No faithful critic could begin a notice of your ..."

2. Literae Cantuarienses: the letter books of the Monastery of Christ Church by Joseph Brigstocke Sheppard (1887)
"... when you are writing to them upon other matters, that they may provide for our use a little easygoing mule, not a big and tall mule, ..."

3. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the by Len Wilcox (2000)
"It's a typical western town, with easygoing, friendly people who don't mind helping out ... It is a western town filled with easygoing, hardworking people. ..."

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