easy

easy
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adj.
VERBS
be, look, seem, sound
become, get

Life is getting easier for us.

remain
make sth

These changes should make your job easier.

find sth

I found the exam quite easy.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
awfully, exceptionally
especially, particularly
enough, reasonably

It is easy enough to see how it happened.

comparatively, relatively
amazingly, incredibly, remarkably, ridiculously, surprisingly

The written test was ridiculously easy.

apparently, seemingly (esp. AmE)
not exactly

Doing all that while injured isn't exactly easy.

increasingly
deceptively

It looks deceptively easy to hit the ball into the hole.

PREPOSITION
for

Writing is not easy for her.

PHRASES
all too easy

It was all too easy to forget why we had been sent there.

as easy as 1, 2, 3, as easy as ABC, as easy as as pie (= very easy)
the easiest thing in the world

It is the easiest thing in the world to blame your parents.

be no easy task

Contacting everyone was no easy task.

make sth as easy as possible

We want to make it as easy as possible for members to participate.

not as easy as it looks, seems, sounds, etc.

Playing tennis is not as easy as it looks.

quick and easy

a book designed for quick and easy reference

Easy is used with these nouns: ↑acceptance, ↑access, ↑answer, ↑assembly, ↑availability, ↑banter, ↑catch, ↑charm, ↑choice, ↑climb, ↑confidence, ↑conscience, ↑decision, ↑delivery, ↑descent, ↑dismissal, ↑drive, ↑exam, ↑excuse, ↑exercise, ↑exit, ↑explanation, ↑familiarity, ↑feat, ↑fix, ↑flow, ↑grace, ↑identification, ↑job, ↑journey, ↑kill, ↑labour, ↑life, ↑maintenance, ↑manner, ↑mark, ↑money, ↑movement, ↑navigation, ↑option, ↑parking, ↑part, ↑prey, ↑problem, ↑rapport, ↑read, ↑recipe, ↑reference, ↑remedy, ↑removal, ↑resolution, ↑rhythm, ↑ride, ↑road, ↑route, ↑scapegoat, ↑smile, ↑solution, ↑stride, ↑stroll, ↑subject, ↑sum, ↑target, ↑task, ↑test, ↑thing, ↑transition, ↑victim, ↑victory, ↑virtue, ↑walk, ↑way, ↑win, ↑winner, ↑work
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adv.
Easy is used with these verbs: ↑sleep

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